Originally Posted by
broms
I definitely could reroute to a different city, fill up other segments, etc. I'd be happy to alter the itinerary with some vouchers in my hand. I wanted to check and see if anyone had a clear reason to say 'NO' to VDB on this itin., as previous posts have alluded that GAs can be picky from pax to pax.
The issue will be whether it makes things difficult on the GA. If it makes the rebooking more difficult in SHARES, you may find that your GA is less willing to do it. If you get a GA who is a SHARES wizard and isn't afraid of something like this, then this may be less of a concern.
Originally Posted by
broms
I suppose it'll take some finesse with the GA though - maybe take the VDB, let them board, and then try to reroute afterwards (when they are less stressed) would make their life easier...?
Well you have to balance that. You don't want to fail to disclose something material either. I want the voucher, but I want to play above board too. If it means my return will have to be rebooked, the GA should be aware of that.
The last time I did something like this on CO was a SFO-CLE-MCI-CLE-SFO MR. CLE-MCI was over, and they let me just drop CLE-MCI-CLE. I tried to get home quicker (CLE-EWR-SFO), but they said no to that (probably because it would have been more cumbersome in SHARES to reissue that vs. just dropping a couple flights).