Sneaking out at LVI
 

Dear all, do you have any experience with getting off at LVI on the NBO-CPT flight? Do you need to show your boarding pass to be allowed off at LVI or can you just get off no questions asked? I am looking for a cheap CDG-Livingstone one-way and the fare to Cape Town is much cheaper than the fare to Livingstone, hence I am considering buying a ticket to CPT and just get off at LVI, with no hold bags of course. Thanks, ps

I haven’t flown this sector from NBO to CPT but certainly in the opposite direction the crew checked passenger boarding passes on disembarking at LVI. Those not disembarking remain on the aircraft for the short stop. One new passengers board at LVI the crew come through and do another count and check everyone’s boarding passes again.

Also remember that baggage would be checked all way to CPT and there wouldn’t be any way to collect it at LVI.

I doubt this strategy will work. They can't force you to fly I suppose, but they could just charge your card ex post.

I confirm that Onestep's answer is 100% correct.
Have you checked fares to VFA?

There's also Kasane (BBK) in Botswana that is right in the vicinity too. I don't know how flights are being handled at the moment with the collapse of SA, but I got a pretty good deal out of these a few years back, was better than from VFA or LVI by a fair margin.

Just do it, they can’t keep you on the plane. Just say you need to go for a short walk and don’t return.

You'll go for a short walk straight to the police station, or worse?

Great advice. I've found that this attitude works especially well at small African airports. Can you let us know where you have done this in the past so we can add those data points?

I wouldn't recommend it, But you can try it & let us know how it goes ?