Recap: Southwest Suing Skiplagged, US Won’t Lift Travel Restrictions & More

 

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A (@guest_1229275)
July 27, 2021 11:37

Never tried skipplagged. Are your bags held by airline even on overnight layover?

TB
TB (@guest_1229301)
July 27, 2021 12:20
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You’re not supposed to check luggage on hidden city flights

Harry
Harry (@guest_1229270)
July 27, 2021 11:30

Has anyone been able to circumvent travel restrictions by transiting through a third country? Seems like there would be more robust requirements in place. I love how mainstream media headlines in America can only fixate on one variant at a time, as if there are no other Greek letters.

Matthew
Matthew (@guest_1229559)
July 27, 2021 17:59

They save it for later.

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Jay - ⒿⒶⓨ 🙈 🙉 🙊 (@guest_1229266)
July 27, 2021 11:27

Gotta say, looking at the comment section from that Southwest article and I know why I’m happy we have DoC… 🙂

Dan M.
Dan M. (@guest_1229319)
July 27, 2021 12:47

Took a quick gander…yikes.

Robert
Robert (@guest_1229555)
July 27, 2021 17:57

Yes!

Jason Smith
Jason Smith (@guest_1229263)
July 27, 2021 11:24

I just don’t understand why the airlines go after skiplagged…If they just immediately banned people who don’t go on the 2nd part of their trip , I can guarantee you people would stop doing it very quickly. And by immediately, I mean if you do it once…it would solve the problem instantly and be a lot cheaper than suing skiplagged.

Andrew
Andrew (@guest_1229287)
July 27, 2021 11:58

I’d argue another successful fix would be to fix their pricing systems so that it never comes up in the first place. Honestly since skiplagged hit the mainstream, the number of hidden city flights that are actually cheaper have plummeted. Also weird to me that SW is having issues with the hidden city tickets since their flights almost always seem to just add for indirect routes

TB
TB (@guest_1229299)
July 27, 2021 12:18

Because airlines don’t make much money from banning their own customers. That’s why they sue deep pockets for “damages” .

Matt
Matt (@guest_1229323)
July 27, 2021 12:52

There is probably a very good reason why airlines haven’t done exactly what you are suggesting. There are probably many good reasons. I can imagine a few of those reasons.

chrisk
chrisk (@guest_1229373)
July 27, 2021 14:37

People will probably stop if airlines ban them from earning miles or bringing any carry on bags for free

John
John (@guest_1229239)
July 27, 2021 10:43

Southwest is creating bad will with that lawsuit….

Josh
Josh (@guest_1230567)
July 28, 2021 19:40

They’ve always gone after anyone who attempts automation of their website.