Originally Posted by
Worcester
Wasn't there a case recently where someone successfully sued the airline for cancelling the return leg of a flight when they missed the outbound. Not suggesting the Ops risk it but was wondering if that had triggered any changes within the airline industry.
my understanding of that case was that the cost of the total of two single tickets was the same as a return ticket unlike a long haul where the return ticket is actually cheaper than two singles (often cheaper than one single!)
OP - you can book an open jaw for this, LAX-LHR-MAN on the outbound and LHR-LAX for the return. I would suspect that if you missed the MAN-LHR flight due to being stuck somewhere you would be relying on travel insurance to pick up change fees or potentially the cost of a new one-way ticket...whether that would be covered would depend on the policy