Originally Posted by AATripping
On the return, we go through DFW for a stopover before returning to BWI.
It just so happens i have family in DFW and would like to "get off" the plane at DFW.
If you get off the plane at DFW and miss your connecting flight to BWI the repercussion will be the cancellation of your remaining DFW-BWI segment. Are you okay with that? Stated differently -- since presumably you intend to return to BWI at some point -- is the cost of purchasing another DFW-BWI one-way ticket (whether on AA or some other carrier) worth the artificial stopover to you? If so, then do it. Just don't share your intent to do so with AA.