This is similar to tax legislation and the issue of tax avoidance, which is perfectly legal but questionable. If the airlines have a problem with it, then they need to tighten their fare rules, the way governments need to tighten legislation. People should not be penalised for achieving their goals within the rules.

I’m aware that you have a strong opinion on this, but as I stated above the section of the contract of carriage quoted it in this thread says “if necessary.” I’m still trying to figure out how that gives the airline the right to unilaterally change your routing. Maybe you have other verbiage from it but all too often I just see people saying they airline can do what it wants and pointing to the contract of carriage. I think it’s an open question, but I do concede that it would be costly and difficult to find a way to challenge the airline. That said, I have flown all kinds of crazy routings, including ones where there is a far more direct way to go and I’ve never had an airline once question the decision I made or challenge me on it. I suspect the poster here was unlucky or maybe abrasive wound up talking to somebody at the airline who decided to flag his itinerary ( I don’t know for sure because I never read the original post before it was deleted) . I think the airlines have better things to do with their time, but it is what it is in this case.

Well enlighten us then please...

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Yes, sorry, I meant to just say “stops” (meaning connections) but my fingers sometimes go faster than my brain...lol

A little too late for BAEC members who are doing mileage runs on AA First Class as the tier points are no based on Business Class booking designator rather than First Class (although AA still labels the cabin as First Class).

I took an AA wacky itinerary two years ago for US$900 in First Class that went SFO-LAX-CLT-ORD-MIA-CLT-JFK-BOS-ORD-CLT-PHX-LAX-LAS-SFO.

Did a a few of these and earned my BAEC Lifetime Gold very quickly all thanks to AA’s domestic First Class earning on BAEC.

Now, this is all under the water as AA got smarter. Oh well, good things only last for a short time so enjoy it whilst you can as it ain’t going to last long.

oh, now I’m confused, i thought you said nobody was alleging fraud or near fraud?

Again, fix the fare rules and these things wont get booked in the first place.

Do any of you know about the India-PTY full F and J fares that were valid until AA pulled them in Sept? AA was oblivious to these sitting in the GDS for over a decade, at decade old prices and currency exchange rates. No transfer limits, only flight restriction was AA across the pacific, generous MPM, very cheap. You could make EXP on one until the EQD requirement. Or the AA BOM-MEX F fare that allowed routing via the Atlantic on EY A380 apartments on AUH-JFK? Or the CAI-MEX full J fare that allowed routing around MEA/EU then thru LAX and back across the east coast? Lots of fun and I am certain quite costly to AA. I laughed each time something like the exPEN fare woukd surface on FT and AA would pull that but leave all the other same vintage F, FR, J and JR fares in nearby markets sitting there. They had no idea they were there, even though they were being used. Geniuses!

If AA put more effort into looking at fares and rules they file they might not have to investigate anything... I dont have any particular skills other than to have realized that AA above almost any other carrier had hidden tons of gems in plain sight by just forgetting about them. Its funny to me knowing what i know about AA’s lack of ability to monitor their own fares that they want to blame this on their customers.

And there you have it -

The first concrete evidence of time travel!

I never thought that I would witness it in my lifetime but then again the current political climate makes anything possible.

Before you know it there will be minimum time spend requirements even in time travel so make sure to get your time travel runs in before they crack down on those too