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Delta Will Use AI To Cut Costs And Set A Different Ticket Price For Every Passenger—CEO Says Profits Could Rise 50% (viewfromthewing.com)
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[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (35 children)

I thought I read years ago that airlines responded to Skiplagged by penalizing people who didn't complete every leg of the trip they booked. I'm not sure why they would care.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 34 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Rumor has it this is the case, but I haven't found any tangible "I used this service and was punished for it" stories.

....uh, WHICH IS TERRIBLE, BIG AIRLINES' RIGHTS ARE BEING INFRINGED. THIS IS A MATTER OF FREEDOM TO AVOID THIS SERVICE.

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 18 points 5 days ago (5 children)

What they do is cancel your entire trip. So if you don't have flights with the same airline on the way back....eh

[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep, and if you have a rewards or membership number, they just will ban you. If it happens once not a big deal, couple times even, start doing it regularly though, you will get caught.

[–] nobodysreadingthis@quokk.au 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What kind of idiot would have a rewards or membership account in 2026?

[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Depends, the free bags, the upgrades, everything else on it can be worth it if you travel or fly enough, but obviously a lot of people don't think about it and are just spending extra for something they can't fully utilize.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

most people that fly with their jobs because it can give you a "free" vacation flight fairly often.

[–] nobodysreadingthis@quokk.au 1 points 4 days ago

Not limiting this statement to airlines.

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