On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:59:58 GMT 'R Brickston'
posted this onto rec.travel.air:
>On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:49:03 +0000 (UTC), johnl@simone.iecc.com (John
>L) wrote:
>
>>>Back to the OP's inquiry about using half of a ticket. I'm under the
>>>impression that if you use a credit card to purchase the ticket and
>>>fail to show for the second half of the flight, they will add an
>>>additional credit card charge to reflect the fare of the flight
>>>segment you did take, if that single segment was more expensive.
>>
>>You've been misinformed.
>>
>The airlines let you buy a super cheap RT seat for less than one way
>fare and then don't care if you don't do the return?
No, it's simply that a charge to your credit card has to be approved
by you for it to be lawful. Any charge which appears on your c/c can
be refused by you if not previously authorised.
The example you give is probably untypical but in any case shows the
rip-off pricing structure of airline tickets. |