Originally Posted by
stylo4444
Call the airline, get it changed, take on any change fees as just being a part of standard airline rules, maybe kindly ask if they can waive it for you (if they can't, then they can't and you should not expect them to either) and the situation is better for all sides.
Paying a change fee and possible fare difference would be better for the passenger how exactly?
with no luggage and it being the final sector of the ticket, just not boarding the last sector is not likely to have any issues. If doing it often to try and avoid paying appropriate fare ( if it would be cheaper to buy to Dubai for example) might cause an issue, but oneoff cannot see any likely problems
If the passenger fails to board and has no luggage, it will have no impact on the punctuality of the departure of the MXP-DXB flight
Where it would be an issue is where transit passengers are not permitted to disembark - When travelling DXB-LCA in past, on arrival at LCA only passengers whose destination was LCA were permitted to disembark, those with boarding passes to MLA were required to remain onboard