On occasion I've bought a outward and return legs using two different airlines.
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'Throwaway' ticketing on airlines
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Originally posted by Pondlife View PostIf you decide not to stay in a hotel after booking by card and don't tell them, what happens?
It was copy/paste as I'm lazy.
HTH.
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Originally posted by rd409 View PostWell, if you book a hotel room for 5 days, and stay only for 3, all you pay is for 5 days. The hotel wont charge you extra, for not staying over for 2 more days. Flying from heathrow is always expensive, for long haul, I always book a flight to mainland and then catch onwards flight. It costs me a couple of extra hours, but savings are well worth it; and not forgetting the duty free is far better.
HTH.
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In a similar vein, fully comprehensive car insurance can be cheaper than third party fire and theft.Comment
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Originally posted by Pondlife View PostIn theory, if you paid by card they could bill you for the invalidated discount since those were the T+Cs you signed up to when you bought the ticket.
Whether they would is another matter.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by Pondlife View PostMy point was that other companies charge you for not using a service you agreed to based on their Ts+Cs and therefore the airline company would be within their rights to charge you the full non discounted price if you broke them (Ts+Cs).
Same as the hotel. If you pay for a room and then dont turn up, they dont try and charge you an extra fee because you didnt turn up - you just paid for the room.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostIn a similar vein, fully comprehensive car insurance can be cheaper than third party fire and theft.
Seems not with airlines tickets or so they think...Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostCould they though? Yes, you have broken the t+cs but whether they could bill your card is another matter.
Why do you think that they wouldn't be able to?
I'm not trolling, just asking.
A few years back I used to book M - F with a weekend in between and a F - M in the other direction for the middle weekend to get two sets of tickets both over a weekend. This was stopped by the airlines too.Comment
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When I was commuting regularly to the UK, I bought one ticket CH-UK-CH start date monday of start of contract, end date friday of end of contract. Then I bought tickets Friday-Mon UK-CH-UK. Much cheaper.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostMust admit I'd never heard about this until I recently discovered that a single airline ticket to New York is double that of a return. WTF.
Apparently, its because business people buy one way tickets whereas returns that include a Saturday night tend not to be used by business people.
Of course, what people do is buy a return and chuck the return portion but the airlines dont like it (and its against the t+cs). Must admit I cant see what they can do about it to be honest apart from refuse to let you fly with them if you keep doing it.
Just wondered if any of you travel-savvy lot ever did this?
Yip, loads of times. I worked for a Thomson once and the reason for doing this is absolutely crazy, but it's ingrained in their systems.Comment
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