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Charlotte father says son was detained at Florida airport [for skiplagging] before having to purchase a new ticket (www.qcnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by funchords@lemmy.sdf.org to c/frugal@lemmy.world

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The purchased flight was from Gainesville, Florida to New York City with a layover in Charlotte. The plan was for the teen to get off the plane in Charlotte where he lives. [... more in the article ...]

I fly rarely these days but skiplagging has always been tempting. Has anyone here done it?

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[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Detained for not using a flight you bought and paid for? Can someone please ban those airlines and grant this poor boy a compensation of 1.5 million per minute of detention?

That's absolutely unacceptable.