Skipping First Flight on Return (ticket purchased from travel agency)
Apr 19, 2017, 8:53 pm
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Skipping First Flight on Return (ticket purchased from travel agency)
Hi !
Not trying to get around paying the change fee or anything...so ff paying the change fee isnt an issue is it possible to change this through Virgin Australia or do we have to go through the actual agency that booked the flight? The reason why I'm asking is because the agency might be closed when we decide to skip the first leg.
This is on a discount economy ticket. SFO-LAX - LAX-BNE
Not trying to get around paying the change fee or anything...so ff paying the change fee isnt an issue is it possible to change this through Virgin Australia or do we have to go through the actual agency that booked the flight? The reason why I'm asking is because the agency might be closed when we decide to skip the first leg.
This is on a discount economy ticket. SFO-LAX - LAX-BNE
Apr 19, 2017, 9:01 pm
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If you skip first leg, the rest of the ticket gets auto cancelled and you do not travel at all. If it is first sector of the return journey, you need to deal with the travel agency. The airline will not touch the ticket until after you begin the journey...
Apr 20, 2017, 8:19 pm
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The problem might be if the SFO-LAX-BNE was cheaper than LAX-BNE. I don't think VA would be happy to change that for free and without re-pricing... Cases like these have been discussed here on FT ad nauseam (e.g. Europeans starting their TATL trips in Scandinavia or Greece) and people have had their ticket cancelled when they skipped the first segment and/or re-priced to their great disappointment when they asked the airline...
Additionally, if OP booked with TA, VA will not touch that ticket - unless OP booked BNE-LAX-SFO-LAX-BNE which is not clear to me from the OP. If OP already flew two sectors out of 4 sector ticket, then VA might be of possible help...
Additionally, if OP booked with TA, VA will not touch that ticket - unless OP booked BNE-LAX-SFO-LAX-BNE which is not clear to me from the OP. If OP already flew two sectors out of 4 sector ticket, then VA might be of possible help...
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Apr 20, 2017, 10:29 pm
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Yes sorry BNE TO LAX was taken already last week. SFO-LAX-BNE was not. Anyway Virgin Australia told me that only the TA could handle and they of course charged double the change fee so it came out to $400 AUD instead of $200 to reissue ticket.
Oh well thanks everyone.
Oh well thanks everyone.
Apr 20, 2017, 11:21 pm
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