Originally Posted by
brarrr
I'm now going to be coming into BUD from elsewhere - work will pay, I've got no problem walking away from the value of the unused 1st 1/2 of the ticket. Existing PNR is Y, my new way into BUD will be J.
A couple of potential problems with your plan....
1) If you don't tell DL in advance, and just no-show for your first flight, you're going to have your return flight automatically canceled.
2) When you do tell DL what you plan to do, your original ticket will be repriced as one way - assuming you were on a discounted fare to start with. This may well cost more than the original discounted round trip ticket.
A more straightforward approach might be to simply cancel your entire original itinerary, and have your work pay for your entire new itinerary - of course, as you point out, first splitting off the gf's flight to a new PNR.
In any event, talk to DL before the trip and find out your options.