Outbound flight not taken, return cancelled?
Feb 24, 2013, 11:36 pm
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Outbound flight not taken, return cancelled?
If you have a return flight, but for some reason don't use the first outbound leg, does the return and other onward flights on the same booking get cancelled?
Feb 25, 2013, 12:04 am
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I usually book 2 x one ways for that very reason, unless the fare difference justifies a return booking, as is normally the case with long haul.
Feb 25, 2013, 12:08 am
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Thank you all. So, I have a discounted economy booking man-lhr-las return.
The las-lhr leg just got availability for a business seat. I can't upgrade due to the fare class of my economy ticket. So, I can grab the business seat, but when I get to lhr the final leg will be cancelled.
I'm assuming that there's no way to "hold" the final leg given that I will still be on the same flight, albeit on a different ticket.
The las-lhr leg just got availability for a business seat. I can't upgrade due to the fare class of my economy ticket. So, I can grab the business seat, but when I get to lhr the final leg will be cancelled.
I'm assuming that there's no way to "hold" the final leg given that I will still be on the same flight, albeit on a different ticket.
Feb 25, 2013, 12:12 am
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Thank you all. So, I have a discounted economy booking man-lhr-las return.
The las-lhr leg just got availability for a business seat. I can't upgrade due to the fare class of my economy ticket. So, I can grab the business seat, but when I get to lhr the final leg will be cancelled.
I'm assuming that there's no way to "hold" the final leg given that I will still be on the same flight, albeit on a different ticket.
The las-lhr leg just got availability for a business seat. I can't upgrade due to the fare class of my economy ticket. So, I can grab the business seat, but when I get to lhr the final leg will be cancelled.
I'm assuming that there's no way to "hold" the final leg given that I will still be on the same flight, albeit on a different ticket.
Regardless of the fare class you can't upgrade using Avios to Business (CW) from economy (WT) anyway, as you need to be in WT+ (premium economy) to be able to upgrade to business.
Feb 25, 2013, 12:27 am
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I have a discounted economy booking man-lhr-las return.
The las-lhr leg just got availability for a business seat. I can't upgrade due to the fare class of my economy ticket. So, I can grab the business seat, but when I get to lhr the final leg will be cancelled.
I'm assuming that there's no way to "hold" the final leg given that I will still be on the same flight, albeit on a different ticket.
The las-lhr leg just got availability for a business seat. I can't upgrade due to the fare class of my economy ticket. So, I can grab the business seat, but when I get to lhr the final leg will be cancelled.
I'm assuming that there's no way to "hold" the final leg given that I will still be on the same flight, albeit on a different ticket.
Feb 25, 2013, 12:54 am
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What comeback from the airline is there if you book a return but only fly the outward leg? BA (and KLM /Alitalia) often have one-ways for 3 times more than a return so just do a no-show for the second leg. If I cancelled the return rather than did the no-show option would BA charge me for the full single ticket (all in ET if that makes a difference).
Feb 25, 2013, 12:56 am
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What comeback from the airline is there if you book a return but only fly the outward leg? BA (and KLM /Alitalia) often have one-ways for 3 times more than a return so just do a no-show for the second leg. If I cancelled the return rather than did the no-show option would BA charge me for the full single ticket (all in ET if that makes a difference).
Feb 25, 2013, 1:51 am
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Nope. The only time they re-instate sectors is if you provided an extremely good force majeure. I once had a flight from NCL to an obscure airport on NZ's South Island. Fog hit Newcastle, the first flight was cancelled, but I got to LHR with 2 hours to spare for my HKG sector, thanks to the train. The system had automatically cancelled the entire booking, there and back. In that 2 hours they (3 staff) just, only just, got me re-instated as far as Sydney, and then asked the back office to sort out the rest (which did happen). It was amazingly difficult to do.
Feb 25, 2013, 3:29 am
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You will end up losing all subsequent legs if you don't fly one of the legs, unfortunately. I do not believe there is any way round it.
Regardless of the fare class you can't upgrade using Avios to Business (CW) from economy (WT) anyway, as you need to be in WT+ (premium economy) to be able to upgrade to business.
Regardless of the fare class you can't upgrade using Avios to Business (CW) from economy (WT) anyway, as you need to be in WT+ (premium economy) to be able to upgrade to business.
Feb 25, 2013, 6:21 am
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I think most airlines have this policy. Once my son and I missed our flight, and we were connecting. He had on pnr while my ticket was on 2. Thanks to HB's help we reroute s through another country... I guess it is too complicated to post the whole thing here. Anyway when we finally reached the connecting airport, my son's ticket was cancelled. We had to buy him a new one.
Feb 25, 2013, 10:30 am
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I was in this situation, booked a new return ticket with avios as I had 24 hours to spare. Then, the return flight from EDI was delayed, because one pax was somehow checked in twice... So on this occasion I need not have arranged a new ticket and could have just showed up with my original BP.