Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
I am looking at a J class flight to Australia next year. The price from LHR is more than double the price from OSL.
The routing from LHR is LHR - HKG - MEL - HKG - LHR
The routing from OSL is OSL - LHR - HKG - MEL - HKG - LHR - OSL
The flights from LHR to MEL on BA and CX are identical. At less than half price I will obviously reposition to OSL to take the flight. My question, however, is on the return leg, is there any issue if I just book bags to LHR and get off there and do not take the last leg back to OSL. Obviously from a ticket perspective none, however, could there be consequences with regards miles being credited for the flights (would credit the miles to AA)?
Any advice welcome and appreciated.
Lots of scary stories.
Ive ha plans change on me, and I dont take flights. BFD. Happens.
If you use a good travel agent, they can simply cancel the LHR-OSL leg. Not rebook, just leave an open ticket in the record. This way the carrier on LHR-OSL is not looking for you.
The problem is you cannot 'book bags to OSL'. Bags will be tagged to the ticketed destination.
I do like the suggestion of creating a >24hr stopover at LHR to force LHR as a bag destination. All depends on the underlying rule for SYD-OSL, Some fares allow a stopover; some do not and you bounce to a higher fare; some add a fee GBP100, 200 or whatever