Originally Posted by
NetJets Germany
I am really sorry having to break the bad news for you though: If you miss your outbound flight and do not even change and then fly the outbound flight after the initial departure date, your return leg will get voided. There is no chance that CX will let you board the return flight without you having taken the outbound first, no matter what your brother has done or not. The CX website does not always reflect all the status quo of all bookings in real time, so I would not rely on it to make decisions.
I believe CX website is up-to-date and the reservation may still be there. The issue is that the ticket is no longer valid if used out of sequence, so even if the reservation never gets cancelled, OP will have problem when he tries to check-in at DPS.
Originally Posted by
Panix
Btw: Is it easy to get back the taxes?
In general, CX allows you to get the taxes back even if the fare itself is not refundable, but no one can answer this without knowing the fare basis, original date of purchase, and original date of departure. Maybe you don't even have to pay the no show fee to change the outbound, or maybe the entire ticket can no longer be used. It all depends on the fare rule.
One good thing is that CX is currently waiving all the change fee (penalty part) for all travels via HKG from 01FEB to 29FEB. In fact, they didn't even mention "no show fee cannot be waived" for 04FEB-29FEB.