Mark Scacewater

If a Mexican national uses skiplagged to reach an american destination and then skips the second leg of the flight, will there be an issue with getting into the city they first land in? Unique question and didn't know where to post...

Diplomatico

I don't even know what this means.

MaxVO

You will always go through the immigration process at the first US port of entry. If you're admissible to the country, you can exit the first airport, or travel further as you wish.

Ocn Vw 1K

This is likely to start as an airline issue, but could also become an admissibility issue. If I understand your question, you are asking about a so-called "hidden city" itinerary. This is one which prices an itinerary cheaper if it connects in an interim city (A to B, then B to C), than if you were flying nonstop (A to C). Or, you want to fly A to B and you therefore terminate your trip and do not fly on to C, because the connecting ticket you bought to save airfare: A to B and B to C is cheaper than A to B. Typically airlines have rules against skipping one of the connecting points or ending your journey before flying all ticketed segments. Most airlines can charge customers or invalidate the return portion, if an itinerary is not flown as ticketed.

If flying this itinerary crosses International borders, and the arriving country requires possession of a valid airline ticket for onward or return travel which is flown in an "invalid manner" by the traveler, it could raise an issue whether the traveler can be (re)admitted. It all depends on the specifics of the airline's rules, the country's immigration/transit rules, and how they are interpreted by immigration officers and airline personnel, respectively.

MaxVO

No, the OP wants to skip the last segment. Presumably the immigration process will be at a major hub, at which point their entire itinerary will still be valid. Nothing is skipped at that point.

The question is specifically about entering USA. Will there be problems for the OP during subsequent crossings of the US border? What's the connection between airline rules and the immigration process?

Ocn Vw 1K

I think that in many cases, (maybe most cases?), not flying all outbound segments on a ticket may not raise an admissions issue. But I didn't want to gloss over the possibility that that could arise, particularly if USA Immigration wants to ask a lot of questions in a particular case.

Often1

As to OP's specific question, nobody here can advise or predict what will happen at CBP on arrival. If you enter at LAX, are ticketed to LAS, but cannot provide evidence of a LAS hotel or address, you may be denied entry and sent back to LAS. Similarly, if it is later determined that you did not proceed as you presumably will advise CBP, your future admissibility may be at stake.

All comes down to your risk tolerance vs, money saved. As a non-USN, you are toying with admissibility.

Section 107

Disrespecting an airlines rules on flying all purchased segments does not make one inadmissible. And there is no mechanism for the airlines to "complain" to CBP about a pax disrespecting their rule and therefore render the person inadmissible in the future. Potentially an airline could retribute against a pax by reporting him as a threat to aviation security (and thereby be placed one of the no-fly lists) but "failure to fly a segment" is not one of the justifying criteria and justifying any of the criterion is not easy (and really, no airline would ever care enough to try for a variety of reasons).

Section 107

Wow, I know Vegas is a unique place but I never knew one could be deported to there - please, tell me how!!!

ISTFlyer

It looks like a typo mistake: I think that the OP meant sent back to Mexico.

catocony

Why would Immigration care as long as the passenger doesn't overstay their visa? At the time of entry, the return ticket would still be valid. They're only concerned with that, not if they tried to save a buck on the airlines. If the info on their I-94 is accurate, the rest is between the flyer and the airline.