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Jun 29, 2016 | 3:49 pm

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Originally Posted by Paralytic

Its not clear if you've flown the return flight yet, but I'd say the bigger risk would be short-checking the bag on the return so you could collect in at LHR. If booked that way, BA will check any bags through to Milan.

That depends on the length of the booked stop at LHR, though. If it's more than 24 hours, then the bags have to be short-checked to LHR.

Is it possible to access the e-ticket receipt via classic.checkmytrip.com? It would be interesting to see what that says, and what fare bases were used to fare the ticket.

One other question that comes to mind: If the trip had simply been booked LON-ME-LON, would it have complied with the minimum stay requirements of the cheap ex-LON fares (usually 3 nights, I think?). If the TA has booked the extra LHR-MXP to evade a minimum stay restriction as well as to get a cheap fare via hidden city ticketing, I suspect that revenue protection may want to have a quiet word with the TA.

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