<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jonhoram:
If I have a ticket for BDL-CLE-LAX-EWR-BDL, but instead of making my connection, I skip the EWR-BDL leg and take Amtrak to Connecticut instead, what happens? Is this permissible?</font>
Technically, they do not permit you to book a segment that you have no intention of using, but I do not know how they can prove that you just did not have a change of plans on the return day. If you have no checked luggage, I would not worry about it. I have frequently had flights booked from X-PHL-ABE and skipped the PHL-ABE segment (usually because we arrived late and that segment was cancelled). In the cases that the late arriving flight made me miss my connection, I have gotten them to still give me the miles as the ticket was paid for and it was not my fault that they could not make the connection.
If you book the ticket open jaw so that the last segment does not exist, they may charge you more for the ticket.