Charlotte father says son was detained at Florida airport prior to obtaining to buy a new ticket

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN Town Information) — The bought flight was from Gainesville, Florida to New York Metropolis with a layover in Charlotte. The approach was for the teenager to get off the aircraft in Charlotte wherever he lives. His father states he would have never place his son in this predicament if he understood this would transpire.

It was the first time Logan Parsons flew by himself.

“We’ve used Skip Lagged pretty much completely for the past five to 8 a long time,” explained Hunter Parsons, Logan’s father. “Booked a flight from Gainesville regional to JFK by means of Charlotte.”

Hunter Parsons felt his son would be Ok, but after at the airport in Florida with his North Carolina Driver’s license the gate agent was skeptical of his remaining vacation spot.

“Interrogated a tiny little bit, ultimately taken to a safety place,” added Hunter Parsons. “They variety of received out of him that he was scheduling to disboard in Charlotte and not likely to make the connecting flight.”

The Parsons weren’t conscious concealed metropolis ticketing, also regarded as skip lagging, was frowned on in the airline business. An American Airlines agent canceled the ticket and made the household purchase a new immediate flight ticket.

“Our concerns are he is a small and was sort of left to fend for himself numerous states away,” suggests Hunter Parsons.

“It’s the initially time he’s flown, and he truly doesn’t know what he is doing,” reported Bruce Brandon, an aviation lawyer, as he listened to some specifics of the interaction. “It looks to be a little bit severe to me. I just do not have an understanding of why they would do this.”

Brandon, say airways have been cracking down on concealed metropolis ticketing, in 2018 German carrier Lufthansa brought a lawsuit versus a passenger but later on dropped it. Brandon thinks there is a more substantial concern that desires to be answered.

“Was it a protection issue or was it a agreement situation,” extra Brandon. “Was he held towards his will in that again space?”

American Airlines sent a statement to Queen Town News indicating, “Purchasing a ticket without the need of intending to fly all flights to acquire decrease fares (concealed city ticketing) is a violation of American Airways conditions and ailments and is outlined in our Ailments of Carriage on the net. Our Consumer Relations group has been in contact with the purchaser to understand a lot more about their encounter.”

“I feel a stern warning, hey this is frowned upon, if you do it once more there would be effects, economic penalties,” said Hunter Parsons, when inquiring what he would have preferred to see take place. “But to put a minimal in that predicament was really the motive we have a problem.”

An American Airlines spokesperson says portion of the conversation they want to have with the Parsons will be about Logan Parsons remaining detained in Florida. The spokesperson suggests they didn’t know about that aspect of the incident until eventually Queen Metropolis Information reached out to the organization. 

We are told there is no timeline for when the investigation will be total.