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Old Feb 21, 2024 | 3:26 pm
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Brendan88
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Originally Posted by FVBRUINS
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?
A few weeks ago I had a 1:15 minute connection at CDG with passport and security checks. Also traveling with 2 young children. We ended up having 20-30 minutes lounge time before start of boarding. Therefor I would not stress with a 2 hour connection.
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