“… taken to a security room by American Airlines. There he was interrogated – and forced to buy a new ticket – according to the boy’s father.

That’s all because when he checked in at the ticket counter, the agent saw his North Carolina drivers license, and suspect that the reservation which included a flight from Charlotte to New York was really a throwaway or ‘hidden city’ ticket. In other words, the boy was traveling to Charlotte but had booked a point beyond – in this case, New York, because it was cheaper. And they had no intention of flying all of the segments they’d booked.”

Interrogated and forced to buy another ticket because he was suspected of using Skiplagged(he was, but there’s no way the agent knew).

Airports are a trip - full of low-barrier to entry jobs with way too much power.