Dropping a leg (the first leg) of a connecting flight from MAN
Sep 19, 2017, 2:47 am
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Dropping a leg (the first leg) of a connecting flight from MAN
It is possible book and fly LAX-LHR-MAN as round trip, but drop the first leg of the return and pick up the flight at LHR-LAX. I guess the answer will be no but could it not be argued that a person was stuck in Birmingham (or wherever) on the morning of the flight and it was quicker and easier to take a cab straight to LHR rather than risk a run to MAN? Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this.
Sep 19, 2017, 2:52 am
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If you don't take any leg, then don't bother showing up for later segments - they will have been cancelled!
if you really can't make the first flight of the return leg, you need to get on the phone to the ticketing agent and make the necessary changes to the ticket, or you risk losing the entirety of the return. Or just book it as an open-jaw (LAX-LHR-MAN, LHR-LAX) to start with.
if you really can't make the first flight of the return leg, you need to get on the phone to the ticketing agent and make the necessary changes to the ticket, or you risk losing the entirety of the return. Or just book it as an open-jaw (LAX-LHR-MAN, LHR-LAX) to start with.
Sep 19, 2017, 2:56 am
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So, even though (through some mishap on your tour) you are geographically closer to LHR on the day of the flight and could easily mitigate the entire loss by getting to LHR on time, you are still obliged to get to MAN and take that flight. Okay, that's clear, thanks.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:04 am
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It certainly can't happen automatically, but I would think in a case like this, since you aren't missing the last leg, you're pretty clearly not doing hidden city, an agent MIGHT be able to accommodate the situation if you get on the phone before it happens.
There's certainly no guarantees and it might incur some change fees so definitely not something to bet on. If you have status it would probably help.
There's certainly no guarantees and it might incur some change fees so definitely not something to bet on. If you have status it would probably help.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:06 am
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Wasn't there a case recently where someone successfully sued the airline for cancelling the return leg of a flight when they missed the outbound. Not suggesting the Ops risk it but was wondering if that had triggered any changes within the airline industry.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:13 am
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OP - you can book an open jaw for this, LAX-LHR-MAN on the outbound and LHR-LAX for the return. I would suspect that if you missed the MAN-LHR flight due to being stuck somewhere you would be relying on travel insurance to pick up change fees or potentially the cost of a new one-way ticket...whether that would be covered would depend on the policy
Sep 19, 2017, 3:14 am
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In any event that case has not changed BA practice.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:39 am
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If you simply can't be bothered to fly the whole of the itinerary that you've booked, BA is likely to apply a bright-line rule that's pretty standard across the industry, one of whose primary purposes is revenue protection. You can understand why the airline might normally want to stick to such a rule.
Sep 19, 2017, 4:04 am
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Unless BA is fully at fault, the remaining sectors will be cancelled and you can't count of them being reinstated. I had a flight a few years ago from NCL to New Zealand, there was fog on the Tyne, all NCL services cancelled. I took the train instead, got to LHR well before my HKG flight was due to depart (2 hours? maybe more) and yet it was touch and go as to whether BA could reinstate the HKG service in time for my departure, and each remaining sector required considerable effort to get reinstated. All seat reservations lost along the way.
Sep 19, 2017, 5:03 am
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Back in July I had a KUL SIN LHR booked in CW, MH to SIN and BA to LHR, it so happened that I had to get back to SIN the day before my flight was booked for so I booked a separate flight and got back to SIN a day early, then I showed up for my original flight SIN to LHR and had no problem checking in, wasn't even questioned?
Sep 19, 2017, 5:10 am
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So, even though (through some mishap on your tour) you are geographically closer to LHR on the day of the flight and could easily mitigate the entire loss by getting to LHR on time, you are still obliged to get to MAN and take that flight. Okay, that's clear, thanks.
Sep 19, 2017, 5:17 am
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Back in July I had a KUL SIN LHR booked in CW, MH to SIN and BA to LHR, it so happened that I had to get back to SIN the day before my flight was booked for so I booked a separate flight and got back to SIN a day early, then I showed up for my original flight SIN to LHR and had no problem checking in, wasn't even questioned?