Am I required to catch my connection (flight)??
This may be a weird question, but if I book a flight with a connection but want to stay in the connecting city, am I somehow required to catch my connection?
I'm looking for flights from San Francisco to Kona, Hawaii and I found that the cheapest flight for the particular dates I want looks something like this:
Depart: SFO > KOA
Return: KOA > SFO > Los Angeles (LAX) > San Jose (SJC)
If I book that above itinerary, it's about $150 CHEAPER than if I book the same trip but end it at SFO. I would like to book it and just not catch that flight down to LA and back up to San Jose and take a train from San Jose back to SFO... that'd just be crazy.
I can't imagine someone forcing me back onto to plane but obviously United will know that I didn't get on that flight. Is there some way for them to penalize me or levy some fine?
I've never encountered something like this before and hoped someone here can help.