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43 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 1 (2024-2025)

handle is hein.journals/qlr43 and id is 1 raw text is: Articles SKIP TO MY LOU, BUT DON'T SKIPLAG Nanci K. Carr* Most of us watch our pennies, and when there is an opportunity to save money, we take it. That is what one family did when they needed an airline ticket from Gainesville, Florida, to Charlotte, North Carolina. They searched online, since that is where most people purchase airline tickets, and found that the cost was $400. If however, they booked a trip on American Airlines from Gainesville, Florida, to New York, New York, with a layover in Charlotte, the cost would be just $150. So, they booked the ticketfor their 17-year-old son, Logan, who would be traveling alone. But the gate agent stopped Logan, interrogated him, and canceled his ticket. Logan learned that skiplagging, when someone purchases a ticket and abandons the route at the layover point, violates most airlines' terms ofservice. As a result ofhis conduct, American Airlines banned Loganfor three years. Is that the right outcome? I. INTRODUCTION Hunter Parsons booked his teenage son, Logan, on an American Airlines flight from Gainesville, Florida to New York City, with a layover in Charlotte, North Carolina.' It was the first time his son would be flying * Nanci K. Carr is an Associate Professor of Business Law and the Carande Family Faculty Fellow at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). J.D., cum laude, SouthwesternLaw School; B.S., Business Administration, Ball State University. Thanks to Luis Perez, a CSUN graduate student, for research assistance. 1 Joshua Lynch, North Carolina Teen Detained atAirport for Travel Loophole, Father Says, N.Y. POST (July 12, 2023, 9:21 AM), https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/north-carolina-teen- detained-at-airport-for-travel-loophole/. 1