Purposely Miss Connecting Flight to Save Money

Purposely Miss Connecting Flight to Save Money?
I was looking at a flight from an airport in New England to Cleveland. The direct flight is $800. If you say you are going to go to Seattle through Cleveland, its only about $250/person. What's to stop you from getting on/off the plane in Cleveland and saving the $550/person. Note luggage is not a problem (all carry-on luggage)
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I heard a few years ago that airlines were "cracking down" on this. It's a great way for them to generate an extra revenue source to penalize people like you. They already have your CC info, I think the info. is buried in all that fine print as "failure to meet connecting flight..." so they charge anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of what your orig. ticket cost - even though they could easily charge someone a full fare and give away your seat which is already paid for by you. They're pretty crafty. Read that fine print and see what happens if you don't make that connecting flight and like, reschedule that same flight within 24 hrs. - there's a hefty fee.
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If you attempt this, you will most likely find that when you get to the airport in Cleveland to go back home that you have no reservation. Your itinerary will be canceled if you no show on the 2nd segment. I wouldn't suggest doing this!!!
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fine, as long as you don't plan to take the return trip, because if you no-show for 2nd part of your outbound journey, the rest of your reservation will be cancelled. If you show back up in Cleveland to fly home, they will re-calculate your ticket and you will have to cough up the moolah