Hidden city booking on JAL?
Apr 6, 2018, 11:47 am
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Hidden city booking on JAL?
Has anyone flown from the US to Tokyo on JAL doing a hidden city booking? I found a much cheaper one way ticket in PE from JFK-NRT-HKG than just the JFK-NRT. I am booking using Alaska points on the way back for JAL first so both flights will be on one way tickets. Any issues anyone has experienced? Slightly worried since it is the same airline.
Apr 6, 2018, 1:25 pm
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There will be posts telling you such is against ticket rule....
On practical side, for JFK-NRT-HKG portion of you trip if you do not have a checked luggage then you can get off at NRT. Just walk to passport control and customs and enter Japan. It is unlikely that an agent at JFK will check bags only to NRT. Likely an agent at JFK will check baggage to HKG only.
If I read right then the return will be NRT-JFK award ticket so don't have to worry about hidden city?
It is international flight so you have to provide your passport number. If you do no show on NRT-HKG then will JAL make a connection with your return reservation by passport number? If then what JAL will do? I do not know...
On practical side, for JFK-NRT-HKG portion of you trip if you do not have a checked luggage then you can get off at NRT. Just walk to passport control and customs and enter Japan. It is unlikely that an agent at JFK will check bags only to NRT. Likely an agent at JFK will check baggage to HKG only.
If I read right then the return will be NRT-JFK award ticket so don't have to worry about hidden city?
It is international flight so you have to provide your passport number. If you do no show on NRT-HKG then will JAL make a connection with your return reservation by passport number? If then what JAL will do? I do not know...
Last edited by AlwaysAisle; Apr 6, 2018 at 1:31 pm
Apr 6, 2018, 1:47 pm
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There will be posts telling you such is against ticket rule....
On practical side, for JFK-NRT-HKG portion of you trip if you do not have a checked luggage then you can get off at NRT. Just walk to passport control and customs and enter Japan. It is unlikely that an agent at JFK will check bags only to NRT. Likely an agent at JFK will check baggage to HKG only.
If I read right then the return will be NRT-JFK award ticket so don't have to worry about hidden city?
It is international flight so you have to provide your passport number. If you do no show on NRT-HKG then will JAL make a connection with your return reservation by passport number? If then what JAL will do? I do not know...
On practical side, for JFK-NRT-HKG portion of you trip if you do not have a checked luggage then you can get off at NRT. Just walk to passport control and customs and enter Japan. It is unlikely that an agent at JFK will check bags only to NRT. Likely an agent at JFK will check baggage to HKG only.
If I read right then the return will be NRT-JFK award ticket so don't have to worry about hidden city?
It is international flight so you have to provide your passport number. If you do no show on NRT-HKG then will JAL make a connection with your return reservation by passport number? If then what JAL will do? I do not know...
Apr 7, 2018, 6:57 pm
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If done once in a blue moon, the likelihood of an airline noticing a hidden city ticket is pretty slim. But they are looking so if done more regularly it can and will get caught.
If you go the US airline forums, there are discussions about this and the consequences thereof. If I remember correctly it mostly results in eviction from the frequent flyer program, loss of points and status.
If you go the US airline forums, there are discussions about this and the consequences thereof. If I remember correctly it mostly results in eviction from the frequent flyer program, loss of points and status.
Last edited by CPH-Flyer; Apr 7, 2018 at 8:39 pm
Apr 7, 2018, 7:20 pm
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find and book jfk-hnd/nrt-hkg or jfk-nrt/hnd-hkg and either make the connection the tightest possible (and claim train delay for missing your flight), or make the connection overnight (and claim oversleeping for missing your flight). In short, dont make it blatant that you purposely missed your flight. Of course JAL have no recourse to penalize you, but you never know.
Apr 7, 2018, 9:33 pm
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