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A more accurate analogy would be if someone sold me a ticket to swim in their pool, then as soon as I show up and start swimming in their pool (having already paid for the ticket to swim), they say "actually my brother wants to swim" and call the cops when I don't want to leave because I haven't got the swim I paid for yet.

Except that's still not a good analogy because that involves the personal property of a discrete individual, not the somewhat public service vehicle of a faceless corporation. We shouldn't allow corporations to run roughshod over the little man. Just because civil suits exist as a potential route for renumeration doesn't mean we should allow this behavior from airlines in the first place.



That situation would end with the cops asking you to leave when asked to do so, and suggesting you pursue civil action to get your ticket money back.

The trespassing is in their jurisdiction to enforce, as it is a crime. Being shorted on a ticket is not in their power to address.

It is bad when you get stuffed by a corporation, but it’s no excuse to break other laws.




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