Dropping last leg of itinerary
Dec 26, 2018, 4:05 pm
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I see what you mean but the savings are often not "a little". Take my trip for example... I started off just pricing up LHR-LAX return... it was £1,700 in Y for the whole of January!!! Going to DUB first brings that down to just under £400. That is a ridiculous saving and worth making the jump to DUB IMO.
I have to be honest... it makes me a bit cross that this is how they price up air tickets. It just does not make sense to add flights and it cost less... not to mention the climate impact. I would like to see it simplified and all fares one-way with each sector priced individually and the sectors in your itinerary simply summed. The idea that a return is cheaper for the airline and hence cheaper for the customer doesn't ring true for me. It is an old-fashioned way of looking at it IMO. In my simple world if I fly, I use fuel and airline resources so it shouldn't be cheaper for me to use more of those resources... but perhaps I should save further discussion on that for another thread
I have to be honest... it makes me a bit cross that this is how they price up air tickets. It just does not make sense to add flights and it cost less... not to mention the climate impact. I would like to see it simplified and all fares one-way with each sector priced individually and the sectors in your itinerary simply summed. The idea that a return is cheaper for the airline and hence cheaper for the customer doesn't ring true for me. It is an old-fashioned way of looking at it IMO. In my simple world if I fly, I use fuel and airline resources so it shouldn't be cheaper for me to use more of those resources... but perhaps I should save further discussion on that for another thread
All of this said, I am certain that BA would love to do what carriers, including BA, do elsewhere in the world. That would be to only sell DUB fares to ROI residents, However, EU law would prohibit that and you are able to take advantage of DUB pricing as a UK resident. Maybe for not much longer.
Dec 27, 2018, 9:23 am
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It is neither unlawful nor a violation of your COC to book a so-called xEU routing. It is simply a likely unintended benefit of EU pricing and competition law.
The sole issue arises as to what might happens if one intentionally does not fly the final segment. That is a horse which has been beaten to death and then resurrected and beaten to death again, and again, and again...., making it not worth further discussion here,
The sole issue arises as to what might happens if one intentionally does not fly the final segment. That is a horse which has been beaten to death and then resurrected and beaten to death again, and again, and again...., making it not worth further discussion here,
Dec 27, 2018, 2:13 pm
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You wouldn’t be here if there wasn’t an element of doubt. As people have said there’s a whole lot could happen and one day that person that does it once will have their status cancelled and membership/Avios terminated.
You also better hope there are no irrops on the day the day of your return flight as they could route you LAX-CLT-DUB to get you to your final destination as quickly as possible
You also better hope there are no irrops on the day the day of your return flight as they could route you LAX-CLT-DUB to get you to your final destination as quickly as possible
Dec 27, 2018, 2:21 pm
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Dec 27, 2018, 2:35 pm
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All of this said, I am certain that BA would love to do what carriers, including BA, do elsewhere in the world. That would be to only sell DUB fares to ROI residents, However, EU law would prohibit that and you are able to take advantage of DUB pricing as a UK resident. Maybe for not much longer.
Dec 27, 2018, 3:06 pm
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All of this said, I am certain that BA would love to do what carriers, including BA, do elsewhere in the world. That would be to only sell DUB fares to ROI residents, However, EU law would prohibit that and you are able to take advantage of DUB pricing as a UK resident. Maybe for not much longer.
Dec 27, 2018, 4:16 pm
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I remember changing the country from UK to NZ on Air New Zealand’s website almost halved the cost of a set of domestic flights!
Dec 29, 2018, 9:16 am
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Dec 29, 2018, 9:56 am
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I don’t know it upsets anyone. But if you really mean that you failed to understand what’s been said before, or don’t have confidence in what or how it was said, then just prompting for more of the same is not really going to help you.
Dec 29, 2018, 9:58 am
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If if I recall Delta had a 30 day unlimited travel pass for £299. I was lucky to snag a $59 return from DFW-ABQ-PHX-SAN-LAX on Piedmont which morphed into USAir. I remember taking my shiny silver Landon British Airways paper ticket issued at the Regent Street Travel shop to the Piedmont City Ticket Office which was in a Road between aregent Street and Hanover Square. .
Jan 4, 2019, 6:30 am
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Anyway, I have had it explained better now so all is well... thanks for everyone's help
Jan 4, 2019, 6:44 am
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That was my point of posting... not to get more of the same... I needed more explanation. If all you wanted to do is re-iterate what had been said before then that wasn't going to help.
Anyway, I have had it explained better now so all is well... thanks for everyone's help
Anyway, I have had it explained better now so all is well... thanks for everyone's help