[hn_throwaway_99]

One clarification - he wasn't detained in Charlotte, he was questioned in Florida before he got on the first leg of his flight. The gate agents then canceled his full itinerary and made him buy a full fair ticket to Charlotte.

The reason this happened is because adults intimidated a child. If it were me, I would have told them to fuck off, sure that I was planning to go to NYC, and oh crap I'd unexpectedly get food poisoning in Charlotte and had to stay there.

Airlines are trying to have their cake and eat it, too, with their BS fare games. If they don't want people "skiplagging" they should price their tickets accordingly.