Originally Posted by kanebear
Not sure if this is possible anymore but let's say you booked an ex-TIP fare to BKK using 8U (Afriqiyah Airlines) connecting to CX via FRA and HKG on a paper ticket. If you tore off the coupon and presented CX with the onward tickets would they refuse you?
I don't have experience with CX / 8U but lets just say that "Person X" has done this with other airlines without problems. (Bought a ticket AAA-BBB-CCC-BBB-AAA and tore off the AAA-BBB-AAA coupons - which were on a different airline.)
If CX is strict in Frankfurt, they might deny you boarding. I think they *can* find out whether or not you actually flew the 8U segment but you could always play innocent - "yes, i just came from TIP."
A friend of mine has skipped the first segment of DXB-HKG-LAX-HKG-DXB CX tickets and was caught the second time (he left the DXB-HKG coupon on when checking in at HKG; DOH!) but luckily they let him fly since the HKG-LAX-HKG ticket was cheaper than the DXB-HKG-LAX-HKG-DXB ticket. He only skipped because he couldn't get seats on DXB-HKG so he made his own way there.
Cheers