Originally Posted by
PUCCI GALORE
Am I right in saying that if that if the last flight was not on the itinerary, the fare would be more or less the same as out from London? If this is not taken, are there circumstances where the carrier could come back at you for the fare difference, or take your points away or some such. Do they have a legal right?
As I see it, if you are willing to risk not taking the last flight, the best thing is to book a connection for the following day (within 24 hours - or from LCY or LGW if that is possible).
Well there are umpteen debates on this elsewhere in this forum, but yes BA have the right to ask for a full reprice under their conditions of carriage, they have pinged travel agents with fines when this has been detected; so far they don't appear to have actually done anything to those who have dropped the last sector and have booked directly with BA/AA etc. Despite all the debate, I'm not sure any actually knows (as opposed to be able to conjecture) whether BA could be backed by the courts in demanding additional payment. What I think I can say quite safely is that BAEC can do anything they want with someone's Avios account, from removing TPs/Avios for trips not completed, to immediate lifetime expulsion. Since the latter course of action is easy and the first course tricky, one can surmise which would be the preferred option for the airline.
Normally a London termination would result in a higher fare, often massively so (but not always). I don't think the LCY/LGW thing helps much for that debate, other than to logistically assist the return of checked luggage - those on HBO don't have a problem here anyway.
Upshot is that a number of commentators here, myself included, now firmly recommend people take the entire journey as planned, and enjoy the extra TPs / night in DUB / trip to SVG accordingly.