A California real estate investor went viral for revealing a flight booking hack that saved him hundreds of dollars. Mike Bolen discovered that purchasing a connecting flight with a layover in his intended destination was significantly cheaper than a nonstop flight. While this 'throwaway ticketing' method has been around for decades, it sparks debate about its ethical implications. Airlines argue that purchasing a connecting flight with the intent to disembark at the layover location is different from booking a direct flight.
A flight passenger recently revealed in a post on X that he saved hundreds of dollars by using a rather 'risky' hack. Mike Bolen, a real estate investor based in California, has garnered more than 6.2 million views on his social media page after sharing this 'wild' way to buy a plane ticket. Bolen discovered that instead of booking a nonstop flight to St. Louis for $564, he could purchase a flight ticket to Atlanta with a layover in St. Louis for only $198.
Why would you not just do a carry-on and get off the plane in STL? I am!' he wrote on X along with a photo of the airline's website. Bolen tried out this hack and 'it worked out fine, no issues,' he told Fox News Digital. While this hack may have been new to Bolen, who noted that he had never seen anyone test it out before, it turns out that the hack has been around for a while.
An airline could shut down your frequent flyer account or even ban you from flying them in the future. It’s something to consider occasionally, not something to do every week,' Leff wrote on his blog. 'If you’re going to do throwaway ticketing, consider at least crediting miles to a partner airline frequent flyer account, though that may not protect you, but why make it easy for them to track you?' Leff noted.
Either you 'agree' to the airline's 'Contract of Carriage' and you break the agreement when you buy the ticket, or the 'Contract of Carriage' does not carry much force and, therefore, 'airline view contradicts commonsense morality,' Leff wrote on his website. There are practical / consequentialist considerations that may dissuade you from the practice or at least from engaging in it frequently,' he said.
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