Ssbob

My ticketed flight lands in LGW and the final sector is from LHR-DUB. If I skip the final sector of this indirect flight:

- Do i get penalised in any way with Tier Points, Avios, etc.?
- Do you normally collect your bags if flying into LGW and flying out of LHR?

Thanks

corporate-wage-slave

No you won't be penalised unless you start doing it a lot and use a travel agency. You won't (normally) get TPs or Avios for any flight you don't actually take.

Bags are never transferred between LHR and LGW or indeed LCY, so yes you have to recover bags at the London arrival airport regardless.

noFODplease

- Do i get penalised in any way with Tier Points, Avios, etc.?

Yes. You will not receive any TPs or avios for the final sector so the total projected in MMB will be reduced.

- Do you normally collect your bags if flying into LGW and flying out of LHR?

Always. Passengers are responsible for transferring their own baggage.

AJA_

I'm pretty sure arriving in LGW you have to collect your bags before you transfer to LHR for the DUB flight.

Not sure what happens if you no-show for that flight

zebranz

Only possible issue is bags not on flight to LGW in which case airline will send bags to final destination.

Ssbob

That's what I wanted with the bags anyway! Thanks!

PLeblond

If its very occasionally there should not be an issue. However there are instances where people have had consequences to their frequent flyer account or even worse so I would suggest to not make it a habit.

Ssbob

Thanks. It's literally going to be a one off.

TabTraveller

Care to share some examples? Especially interested in the “even worse”. Shaming over the PA system in the F lounge perhaps? Mugshot displayed on the overhead displays at t5 security?

Getafix

Hmm, Do you really think anyone who has faced that will post here to be just told that they should know better.

TabTraveller

My point is that it doesn’t happen. There is not a single case of it happening. It’s a scary story that FTers like to repeat to one another. In the UK a consumer not taking the final leg of a flight is never going to suffer any consequence as a result.

PLeblond

https://www.businessinsider.com/skip...Parsons%20said.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article...-airlines-hate

Here are two after a quick goole search. Plus the ones who got their FF account frozen and don't brag about it. Its a violation of the terms of the contract. Period.

Plus for those who do it in a premeditated manner, its a dishonest practice.

TabTraveller

These are US examples. I trust from your use of the word “period” that you are US based.

The UK has different laws to the US. The OP asked about a flight to the UK and departing the UK so your examples are not only irrelevant but misleading.

As per my post, this is simply not an issue in the UK (or Europe almost certainly given the similarity in consumer law).

Magic01273

To be honest, yes - I'd actually expect some data points and anecdotes to emerge over time if this did in fact ever happen. Interestingly, there are none at all, that I have seen on BA. I'm not suggesting there could never any consequences... I'm sure someone, somewhere has a story - but it appears to be so rare as to be virtually statistically negligible that anyone would be penalised or otherwise taken to task for doing this. Even repeatedly. The fact is you paid for a service you simply decided not to utilise. "Terms and Conditions" often don't have the legal power some people seem to think they do.

PLeblond

​​​​​​​I am Canadian, thank you. I would suggest you be more careful before labelling people.

One of the links was from the BBC, which last time I checked was UK based. The article cites a case where Lufthansa took action against customers following the practice, which is in Europe last time I checked... Did you even bother reading it?

Anyone entering a transaction with the intent to violate the terms of a transaction one agrees to at the time of purchase is fraudulent. Morally speaking above and before written laws. By one's honour alone this is fraudulent.

The fact that one does not agree with the terms set by in the contract of carriage does not entitle them to breach the rules and expect impunity. I will not get into a discussion about hidden city ticketing as I surmise you would not be open to a true discussion, but anyone with a basic understanding of airline flight ticketing understands why some longer connected flights are more expensive than the single leg flight, so it would be a waste of wear on my keyboard to continue.

Carry on.