19 thoughts on “Skiplagged Flights To Hawaii? Don’t Get Busted Like This Teenager Did”
kimo
There are plenty of standby or non-rev passengers to fill those empty seats. Screw the airlines and their cattle-car accomidations, surley service and usual late arrivals and departures
Since when was it illegal to get off the bus early in America?!
I would hope some attorney would take us on a pro bono. If there’s no law against skip lagging, removing the teenager from the flight was endangerment.
I agree that if this was *really* challenged in court the Airlines would lose. If you can find a cheaper ticket, getting to the same destination, then it’s a failure of the airline to price their ticket prices accordingly. After 2 bailouts with tax payer dollars, nickel and diming us all to death with baggage, seats, more seats squeezing us all in, it’s lucky Airlines have our business in the first place! So, yeah – it’s my *right* to change my mind, have a medical condition, have an emergency, etc to deplane wherever I so choose.
Bob, you were reading my mind. I feel the same way. The airlines have been getting away with “murder” for several years. If I could, I would only travel foreign carriers. The American airlines treat their passengers horribly and the govt needs to step in and stop their shenanigans. (charging families extra to sit together?(:
United doesn’t like Skip lagging but they have no problem leaving me at SFO when flying to SMF. When trying to get home at 11:00PM and they say they can get me on the 11:00 PM flight the next day.
They also tell me our morning flight is on time when there’s no plane there And you have to tell them you’re driving to SFO to make your connection or you can’t board at SFO.
Yes, I’ve given up on UAL
The big thing these days is one of the issues you mentioned – flights getting changed all the time so that one day you are being routed through Denver and the next day you are suddenly scheduled on a flight through Phoenix instead…. why the airlines can’t just set up their flights and charges to make skiplagging economically unviable, I don’t know.
This is not a good example of the perils of skiplagging. As the traveler is a minor, isn’t the airline responsible to see that they get to the ticketed destination? By skiplagging a underage traveler the father put the airline in a very bad situation. If the traveler were to go missing at the layover city it is likely the airline would alert the authorities. Any parent would hold the airline responsible if their child went missing at any time during a flight.
Some years ago, I flew United from LIH to SJC via LAX. Was scheduled as same day, not overnight. Got to LAX, and United had canceled my flight to SJC, without any recourse, place to stay, nothing. Was supposed to show up at 6am for flight to SJC. But, they had another flight to SJC that was boarding and there was room so they (Untied) let me on. All good until I tried to check in for my return to LIH, and they had canceled my ticket.
Skiplagging is not a violation of criminal law but it is a violation of the airline’s conditions of carriage to which the passenger agrees when they choose to buy a ticket.
Air travel is a service, not a good. You can’t just discard the portion you don’t want to use. If you want to travel to Charlotte, you have to pay the fare to travel to Charlotte, not the fare to Tampa or New York.
Shame on the father for teaching his son to not honor the obligations he has agreed to!
Aloha Rob and Jeff!! American Airlines controls 90% of the flights arriving and departing from Charlotte. Due to their domination, they greatly increase the fare to/leaving CLT. Instead of people worrying about some skiplagging, let’s focus on AA’s almost complete monopoly of CLT. Price the flights fairly and there will be no need to skiplag. Mahalo.
There is one instance where skiplagging works with checked baggage. That is when you are entering the US from an international trip. When arriving in the US, you are required to collect your checked baggage and recheck it on to your final destination after clearing customs/border control.
The US is the only country I’m aware of that you cannot check your baggage through to your final destination when returning on an international trip.
There are plenty of standby or non-rev passengers to fill those empty seats. Screw the airlines and their cattle-car accomidations, surley service and usual late arrivals and departures
Since when was it illegal to get off the bus early in America?!
I would hope some attorney would take us on a pro bono. If there’s no law against skip lagging, removing the teenager from the flight was endangerment.
Aloha BOH!
I agree that if this was *really* challenged in court the Airlines would lose. If you can find a cheaper ticket, getting to the same destination, then it’s a failure of the airline to price their ticket prices accordingly. After 2 bailouts with tax payer dollars, nickel and diming us all to death with baggage, seats, more seats squeezing us all in, it’s lucky Airlines have our business in the first place! So, yeah – it’s my *right* to change my mind, have a medical condition, have an emergency, etc to deplane wherever I so choose.
Bob, you were reading my mind. I feel the same way. The airlines have been getting away with “murder” for several years. If I could, I would only travel foreign carriers. The American airlines treat their passengers horribly and the govt needs to step in and stop their shenanigans. (charging families extra to sit together?(:
Aloha!
United doesn’t like Skip lagging but they have no problem leaving me at SFO when flying to SMF. When trying to get home at 11:00PM and they say they can get me on the 11:00 PM flight the next day.
They also tell me our morning flight is on time when there’s no plane there And you have to tell them you’re driving to SFO to make your connection or you can’t board at SFO.
Yes, I’ve given up on UAL
The big thing these days is one of the issues you mentioned – flights getting changed all the time so that one day you are being routed through Denver and the next day you are suddenly scheduled on a flight through Phoenix instead…. why the airlines can’t just set up their flights and charges to make skiplagging economically unviable, I don’t know.
This is not a good example of the perils of skiplagging. As the traveler is a minor, isn’t the airline responsible to see that they get to the ticketed destination? By skiplagging a underage traveler the father put the airline in a very bad situation. If the traveler were to go missing at the layover city it is likely the airline would alert the authorities. Any parent would hold the airline responsible if their child went missing at any time during a flight.
Some years ago, I flew United from LIH to SJC via LAX. Was scheduled as same day, not overnight. Got to LAX, and United had canceled my flight to SJC, without any recourse, place to stay, nothing. Was supposed to show up at 6am for flight to SJC. But, they had another flight to SJC that was boarding and there was room so they (Untied) let me on. All good until I tried to check in for my return to LIH, and they had canceled my ticket.
The “minor child” was 19 years old.
Skiplagging is not a violation of criminal law but it is a violation of the airline’s conditions of carriage to which the passenger agrees when they choose to buy a ticket.
Air travel is a service, not a good. You can’t just discard the portion you don’t want to use. If you want to travel to Charlotte, you have to pay the fare to travel to Charlotte, not the fare to Tampa or New York.
Shame on the father for teaching his son to not honor the obligations he has agreed to!
Aloha Rob and Jeff!! American Airlines controls 90% of the flights arriving and departing from Charlotte. Due to their domination, they greatly increase the fare to/leaving CLT. Instead of people worrying about some skiplagging, let’s focus on AA’s almost complete monopoly of CLT. Price the flights fairly and there will be no need to skiplag. Mahalo.
Hi John.
Good point. Thanks for the comments over the past five years!
Aloha.
There is one instance where skiplagging works with checked baggage. That is when you are entering the US from an international trip. When arriving in the US, you are required to collect your checked baggage and recheck it on to your final destination after clearing customs/border control.
The US is the only country I’m aware of that you cannot check your baggage through to your final destination when returning on an international trip.
Hi Ed.
Good point! Thanks for that.
Aloha.