Interline with ghost segment
Aug 13, 2018, 2:20 pm
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Interline with ghost segment
I'm planning to take a flight over Xmas. Departing at CDG is like 200 GBP cheaper. So I was thinking to book CDG/MUC/HKG. On return, I was thinking to dump MUC/CDG segment and purchase the MUC-LHR instead with BA. Is it possible to do an interline with a "ghost segment"?
Aug 13, 2018, 7:37 pm
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I'm planning to take a flight over Xmas. Departing at CDG is like 200 GBP cheaper. So I was thinking to book CDG/MUC/HKG. On return, I was thinking to dump MUC/CDG segment and purchase the MUC-LHR instead with BA. Is it possible to do an interline with a "ghost segment"?
Aug 14, 2018, 1:07 am
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I thought you can always do a ghost segment: https://servicehub.amadeus.com/view-...tRedirect=true
Just that I am not very sure whether it could be interlined.
Just that I am not very sure whether it could be interlined.
Aug 14, 2018, 2:11 am
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I’ve done this many times, however always LH to LH. They won’t reprice.
Just tell them you’re no longer returning to CDG and going to LHR instead. They should interline, they definitely CAN. Don’t know why you’d want to fly BA ex-MUC though?
Just tell them you’re no longer returning to CDG and going to LHR instead. They should interline, they definitely CAN. Don’t know why you’d want to fly BA ex-MUC though?
Aug 14, 2018, 4:39 am
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As the final destination is LON, and it's cheaper for MUC/LHR with BA than CDG/LHR with BA. The worst scenario is that I can just tag my bag to MUC and re-clear my bags again.
Aug 14, 2018, 6:07 am
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Make sure you book the MUC-CDG segment to be as late as possible (if free stopovers are allowed, add that segments weeks after your original) after you arrive from HKG. You can do up to 23h 59m with no extra cost on all international tickets. That way you have an overnight in MUC and a logical reason why you want your luggage tagged only to that point. Make sure you don't check in for the MUC-CDG segment so they don't have to call you in the speakers when you no-show.
Regarding the ghost segment I actually unintentionally had that happen to me some years ago. I was flying LH GOT-FRA-JKT and then next day Air Asia JKT-DPS on a separate ticket but in the same reservation. When I checked in in GOT my luggage was tagged all the way to DPS! Only when I asked them not to did they change to JKT only. I wonder if Air Asia would have accepted my luggage as I hadn't paid for any checked-in luggage.
Regarding the ghost segment I actually unintentionally had that happen to me some years ago. I was flying LH GOT-FRA-JKT and then next day Air Asia JKT-DPS on a separate ticket but in the same reservation. When I checked in in GOT my luggage was tagged all the way to DPS! Only when I asked them not to did they change to JKT only. I wonder if Air Asia would have accepted my luggage as I hadn't paid for any checked-in luggage.