We booked one-way Award flights from FRA-CDG-ORD for our return in Jan, the layover in CDG is 2hrs and we would prefer to just be in Paris earlier and skip the 1st leg flight from Frankfurt. I called a couple of times to AF CS and asked if its okay to do this and they say on a reward ticket you can miss the 1st flight and still get on the 2nd leg from CDG-ORD. The 1st agent told me to check in early at CDG to get my boarding pass and the 2nd agent I spoke to said it shouldn't cancel my flight but if it does the points will be returned and you can re-book as worst case but that doesn't make me to comfortable risking this during our winter break trip with wife and 2 kids. Anyone have experience with this?