Hi!

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right area but this seems ok I guess. I'm planning on booking on BA CDG-LHR-YYZ-LHR-CDG however on the way pack I don't want to go to CDG, I want my final destination to be LHR. I've never just not got on the last leg before. What are the implications of this?? None at all? Also I could travel with only hand luggage which I'm sure would make the whole thing trouble free, but is it possible to do it with checked luggage? could I just tell them I need something from the cases?

Any advice however small would be great.

Thanks

You'd get the best response in the BA forum, don't you think?

I'd say that TravelBuzz is as good a place for this as any - while the OP may intend to fly on BA this is really a more general question and the answers would be the same regardless of airline flown.

Once your baggage is in the system you won't be able to retrieve it. It's a question of logistics - there are thousands of bags in the system at a large airport at any one time, there is no way they could go and look for one specific bag.

You could try asking staff at YYZ to tag your bag to LHR instead of CDG, but what if they say "no"?

If you check your bag to CDG, and to don't get on the last flight, it will eventually get offloaded (after they've put out several calls for you and held everybody up). What they would then do with it I don't know, but you might lose it altogether.

I'd either travel with hand baggage, or think of something else - like booking CDG-LHR on a separate itinerary (you could always buy a cheap return and throw away the return coupon).

I take it that you got yourself a discounted ticket, right? If so, no problem.
I have done this many times. Make sure that while making your reservation for the LHR to CDG leg, you choose a flight that leaves much later than a direct connection would. Example: arrival at LHR 07'00. Departure from LHR 17'00.
Check your luggage to LHR. If they object, say that you have presents for relatives in England. When in London, call BA (don't go to the counter), cancel the seat you've got and tell them you will not be able to make the flight... Private reasons. They'll tell you that you might have to pay a surcharge for the last leg but as you won't fly, the matter will be settled.

It is not very fair but make sure that at least you cancel your reservation for the last leg. Don't just walk away.

I don't quite get this. Are you saying that you won't need to pay the surcharge because you've are not there in person as you are calling BA or is it not that much that it is worth paying it??

I understood that you were not planning on using the ticket between LHR and CDG., meaning, you'd just throw away that coupon.

By going to BA and telling them that you do not intend to travel any further you might find yourself in a position where they would require a fee from you or even worse, claim you'd owe them a different rate alltogether...

In order to avoid this, you would just call BA and tell them that because of unexpected circumstances, you'd have to cancel your flight that day and would call them back when you'd know more. This way, you free your seat and you're off any further obligation.

Will the fare rules allow a stopover (more than 24 hours) in London on the return journey? Or will they allow you to fly YYZ-LHR then "connect" to an LGW-CDG? Either way, it allows you legitimately to claim your bag at LHR, because that's as far as it will travel without you claiming it.

If you want to try your luck at this, the best thing is to not only fail to show up for the LON-CDG flight, but to fail to check-in for it as well. This is not only for your own benefit. Even if you're going to play the system, please don't check-in and then fail to show up without warning - spare a thought for all the other people on that LON-CDG flight who will be sitting there getting more and more delayed while the airline frantically pages all round the terminal looking for you.

Can't you just book an open jaw?
CDG-YYZ return YYZ-LHR