Originally Posted by Skywlkr22
Oooh, yikes. I do not want to risk any penalty. I will just drive it, worst case, stay the night. Plus, I'll get an extra 500 miles out of it and it will still be cheaper then the MR booked from SAN.
Thanks for the warning!
Just tell them your sick (stomach ache / food poisoning ) from something you ate in ORD or on the flight accross the pond.
You dont feel like flying and are going to find your own ground transport home. Afterall, for all they know, you live in Orange county, and flew out of LAX for price or whatever.
A pattern of doing it would perhaps yield extra attention from the airline at most, a single occurence is nothing to worry about.
It will work out just fine.
Its certainly not a crime, but do tell them in SAN