Not flying the final leg?
May 7, 2019, 1:06 pm
#33
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 7,464
May 7, 2019, 1:17 pm
#35
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 45
Thanks.
I am flying HBO. Just worried re. getting asked for money and/or seeing my Tier Points being deleted.
Would this action have to be taken by AA given it's their ticket?
I am flying HBO. Just worried re. getting asked for money and/or seeing my Tier Points being deleted.
Would this action have to be taken by AA given it's their ticket?
May 7, 2019, 1:30 pm
#36
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,991
This has been asked countless times. It's ok to dump the last leg occasionally, but if you're worried then don't do it.
May 7, 2019, 9:52 pm
#38
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BKK
Programs: Mucci Chevalier de la Brosse a Cheveux Dore, SK *GfL, BA Gold, WY G, HH DIA, IC Plat Amb., Hertz PC
Posts: 3,699
May 8, 2019, 1:25 am
#39
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: North of Watford Gap
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 602
May 8, 2019, 1:44 am
#40
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Northants, UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 111
Just don't become a serial offender.
May 8, 2019, 1:59 am
#41
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Posts: 201
I always prefer to take the day flights Eastbound TATL but have found this not possible multiple times over past year due to a fare restriction on connection times. The responses I got when querying this with some of the more knowledgeable Manchester call centre staff implied this was a deliberate ploy to make dropping last leg trickier (whether that is an informed opinion or educated guess I do not know). Unfortunately as is often the case, closing an exploited loophole creates collateral damage for some who may have always intended to complete the ticketed itinerary.
May 8, 2019, 2:12 am
#42
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Cork, Ireland
Programs: BAEC Gold, TK Elite, HH Diamond
Posts: 259
I’ve found that most of the attractive ex INV fares recently have prohibited the usual <24 hour connection and insist on <12 hours which prevents an overnight stop and therefore baggage retrieval at LHR & a B2B at INV. It also prevents getting the day flights back from JFK/BOS which are my preferred options.
~18 hr connections are usually possible, maybe not in some cases (unlikely).
Was looking at a ORK-LHR rtn flight yesterday so i could position to my SEZ flight. 500€ on EI. found ORK - ARN 1 way, 110€ was tempted, but then found ORK LHR rtn on an OTA for 126 so went with that. I guess moral of the story is always check OTAs don't rely on matrix or GF
EDIT:
my above post is not fully factually correct, someone posted rationale i.e. 6 hr maxconnect on flights departing before 5pm seems more reasonable to avoid APD
Last edited by W213Sal; May 8, 2019 at 2:19 am
May 8, 2019, 2:18 am
#43
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Portsmouth, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR
Posts: 791
Personally I always aim to fly the last leg, however I have made a schoolgirl error on an upcoming ex-INV where I've managed to book the INV-LHR leg 24 hours before the LHR-INV... Rectifying my mistake would cost way too much so I'm just going to not take the last leg - but I still feel horribly guilty about doing so because I don't want to a) contribute the airlines removing these cheaper tickets and b) delay the flight leaving because I'm not checked-in/on board.
May 8, 2019, 6:27 am
#44
Join Date: Feb 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL
Posts: 843
Personally I always aim to fly the last leg, however I have made a schoolgirl error on an upcoming ex-INV where I've managed to book the INV-LHR leg 24 hours before the LHR-INV... Rectifying my mistake would cost way too much so I'm just going to not take the last leg - but I still feel horribly guilty about doing so because I don't want to a) contribute the airlines removing these cheaper tickets and b) delay the flight leaving because I'm not checked-in/on board.