Originally Posted by
IAN-UK
This question has been asked soooo many times, and it attracts the same rather mealy-mouthed responses about running the risk of this and that, probably OK if you do it only once or twice etc etc.
In fact, I don't believe any individual has been pulled up by the revenue protection squad for ditching the final sector. Not to say it won't ever happen, but there's a can of worms BA probably doesn't want to open.
An agent who'd carved a niche selling ex-EU tickets, many of which were not flown completely, has been hauled over the coals: probably
pour encourager les autres.
But hey, here's a novel approach - you're saving a wadge of cash, so why not play the game and take that last flight, and get yourself home from Dublin? The inconvenience is the trade off for your £1 500. You'll neutralise any worries, sleep easier at night AND get an extra helping of TPs and avios
There have been reports of this happening but the reports are from quite some time ago. Some of the reports coincided with reports of travel agents being issued ADMs.
See:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24461969-post172.html