Can we leave the flight?
My wife and I have very cheap WLOWWEBI tickets LAX-SNN returning through Boston on 20 Nov. ($322 each)
Our daughter and her husband live in Boston, and we'd like to spend Thanksgiving with them. We have tried to change the return date, but WLOWWEBI doesn't allow layovers and if we change the date of the BOS-LAX segment they will reprice the tickets, perhaps as much as $2,500 each.
We can get relatively inexpensive one-way tickets BOS-LAX on 25 Nov. So here is my question:
Can we leave our LAX-JFK-SNN-BOS-LAX flight in Boston, and fly home on a different flight on 25 Nov? Will AA allow this, or will there be some sort of penalty? Will it trigger some kind of terrorist alert if we don't board the 20 Nov BOS-LAX segment? Will we get full mileage and Q-point credit for the LAX-JFK-SNN-BOS portion of our itinerary?
BTW, checked baggage will not be a problem, because you have to pick up your luggage and carry it through customs in BOS.
Any advice?