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I have used https://skiplagged.com https://skiplagged.com that takes advantage of this rule but takes it slightly further. You book the entire flight but don't
by LadyChillalot 7y ago
I have used https://skiplagged.com https://skiplagged.com that takes advantage of this rule but takes it slightly further. You book the entire flight but don't get on the second leg of your flight. Occasionally it comes out cheaper than if you just book the first leg on the same flight.
- atdrummond 7y agoHidden city ticketing isn't the same thing and can result in losing access to one's frequent flier account or even being banned from an airline. In the US I'd only risk it on Southwest.
- londons_explore 7y agoAre there any reports of anyone being banned or punished in any way for this? (with the exception of bloggers/youtubers who are advertising the practice)
- Ididntdothis 7y agoI did that two years ago when flying from Los Angeles . Not to save money but travel plans had changed so it was better to get off in Amsterdam instead of continuing to London. It took a lot of convincing to get the airline to stop the bags in Amsterdam. Finally they did it but we got a stern warning to never do this again. Not sure if there would have been a ban but they really really really didn’t like it.
- zulln 7y agoThat is with bags though, with understandable is more work for them.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoPossible. Although I don’t really understand why it’s more work.
- zymhan 7y agoThey have to manually intercept your bags from being transferred to the next flight.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoAre you sure? At check in they always put a destination sticker on the bags. In this case they just put Amsterdam instead of London on the bag. It didn’t seem to be much of a hassle.
- theodorton 7y agoYou normally check in bags for your final destination when all legs of the trip are with the same airline
- geoka9 7y agoI don't think it's about more work. I was in a similar situation where we didn't have any checked luggage and simply wanted to let the company know not to wait for us for the second leg of the flight. They made a scene and said that if we don't show up, we'll be breaking some agreement with them and there might be consequences. My understanding is that they are hell-bent on discouraging people from buying cheaper multi-hop flight tickets for one hop only.
- atdrummond 7y agoProbably a dozen posts on FlyerTalk alone per year about people receiving a letter telling them never to do it again, being assessed a bill for lost revenue, or having their FF account banned.
- swarnie_ 7y agoI thought this was effectively banned because it caused flights manifests to be incorrect for the 2nd leg and also had tax / duty implications?
- MaxBarraclough 7y agoI doubt that. They don't mind if you miss a simple single flight.