Well, I hope you folks are right about no adverse consequences. My situation is a little different though, in the sense that I do not have open dated (or indeed future dated) flight sectors. My ticket is a continuous journey over several points all in one go (with multiple OW carriers) - due to HIP restrictions. And I am planning to abandon ship midway, i.e. be checked in for the onward flights but simply not showing up.

'Unterwegs' - I am curious to know (for future reference) how a ticket bought in Europe could protect me more vis-a-vis a ticket bought in Asia or America?