InkUnderNails

This thread reminds me why I started to fly WN. It was in the '90's and I needed to get to the area around EWR. OW NS was about $1300 from BNA (or it might have been SDF as I used both airports). I looked at other airports. LGA and JFK were just as bad, but I found a flight to Allentown, PA, (ABE) for about $250. It was a one stop flight that stopped in EWR. Yes, my $1300 OW was over $1000 cheaper if I stayed on the plane and they carried my sorry butt to ABE.

Pre-internet booking days and I was using a travel agent. I called the CO CS myself and said that I would like to get off in EWR and that they could sell the seat to ABE. They refused and said they would cancel the return. The $250 required RT. A vigorous discussion of economic stupidity ensued and ended with me just hanging up.

I ask the travel agent for options. It seems WN had just started NS service to ISP and it was one of those magic $29 fares each way. Had myself booked to ISP on WN, rented a car to drive over, and I have never looked back.

Doc Savage

They can steal your miles, and might be able to prevent you from flying them for egregious behaviour, but would never win a suit to collect money from skipping a return flight or even hidden city.

flyer4512

I thought there was some newer law about no passenger no bag where if I had checked bags they would have to be removed from the final leg if I was a no show. These are things I read when searched

Other people said that the bag not being claimed at it's final destination would raise a red flag.

I don't have any checked bags s it's not an issue of not checking a bag because of skipping the last leg.

Thanks for your help

steved5480

Positive bag matching (i.e., did the passenger board the same aircraft that bag is on) currently does not apply to domestic flights in the USA.

KansasMike

Given how little miles are worth these days, who cares if they cancel them?

steved5480

Miles?

qwertyasdfghzxcvbn

Miles.

toomanybooks

They can bill you for the difference. They can pull your status. They can cancel your FF account. They can cancel your upcoming flights (and probably those of anyone else on your PNR). They can sue you. They can ban you from flying their airline.

alggag

Going back to the OP's original point, this and the lack of change fees are probably the two main things that draw me to them. This summer I'm planning on taking at least three triangle trips that are significantly cheaper on WN.

Marko123

Lack of change fees is a big plus I always take for granted too. I change stuff around all the time.

pirossalma

For our family: lack of change fee. Having big family with always changing schedules - it is a must for us.

olouie

Lack of change fee is huge for me. I book trips months at a time and then have frequent schedule changes.

matuski

No, he/she booked with the sole intention of spending less money.

Beckles

OP, buying a round-trip and not flying the return to take advantage of less expensive round-trip pricing is called throwaway ticketing and is prohibited by most carriers (Southwest being an exception).

I wouldn't think twice about doing it on an airline I rarely fly. I might think twice about doing it occasionally on an airline I fly regularly, but would still do it sometimes.
I think it's extremely unlikely doing it one time would be an issue.

I have never heard of an airline trying to collect fare differences from a consumer.
I highly doubt any airline would try and collect the difference from a customer. They can and do collect the difference from travel agencies when they are involved in such practices, and in turn those travel agencies are the ones who might try and collect from a customer.