So travelling from A to B is $800 and travelling from A to C via B (3 hr layover) is only $300. Same airline and actually same flight.
Would it be ok to just book the A to C trip and ditch the part that goes from B to C? Not sure if there's a term for this or if this is commonly done at all…
Edit: One way flight as it'll be a multi country trip. Also no need for checked in baggage.
Check in luggage or carry on?
Return flight or one way?
https://scottscheapflights.com/guides/what-you-need-to-know-…
Apart from that, go ahead.
Even with a long layover many agents will refuse to short check a bag. You would usually only get around this if the stopover point is overnight at an airport that closes.
Are you going back from C to A on the same ticket? Some airlines won't let you if you don't complete all your journey legs. What about your luggage going from A to C directly?
Also if not, some airlines also get uppity and ban you from future bookings if you don't complete booked journeys. But highly unlikely if it happened just once.
You may also delay their B to C flight if they have to spend time looking for you and keep calling at boarding to complete the manifest log.
You may also delay their B to C flight if they have to spend time looking for you and keep calling at boarding to complete the manifest log.
For which they could try and recover costs if they really wanted to.
A real OzBargainer would sell the flight from B to C to someone else for $400 and make a $100 profit
and buy some airtags on discount to watch their bag fly far far away from them :)
I can see the airline paging you multiple times to get on the flight. Delaying departure, while you sipping down martini's.
It's called Hidden City Ticketing.
Can you do it? Yes.
Should you do it? Only in very specific circumstances. You would have to do it with carry on luggage only.
How did you find out that A to C was cheaper? That's usually the hardest part.
But yes, taking into account the return flight and baggage issues, yes you can do it, if you don't mind being paged and the whole airport hearing your name.
if you don't mind being paged and the whole airport hearing your name.
I think the accepted 'polite' thing to do is advise the airline you are too sick to take the B-C flight (at B airport) so they can cross you off the list.
Short check your bag and get off at the mid point. Ensure no further legs on that tkt as they'll be x'd out anyway. Any agent can short check a bag and shouldn't take more than a few seconds to modify the bag tag in the system. If you feel you need to provide a reason, just explain that you are handing over charity goods or drop off to a friend or have important stuff etc. Or even that you are considering delaying the second leg when you arrive at point b and need your bag with you. Just say something that doesn't sound like your a drug dealer dropping goods at a mid point. :)
You could probably tell the ground crew at the point you get off - you feel really unwell (not covid in case you are whisked away) but something like gastro with Diarrhea. And that you can't possibly board in that condition and you will contact them again to book a new ticket (and ghost).
Been discussed before on Oz bargain, so use search to read up on previous discussions.
I managed to do this once regarding the last leg of a return flight.
I wanted to go Melbourne-Cape Town-Sydney (skipping over some other irrelevant waypoints). While I can't remember all the details it was difficult to get anything other than Melbourne-Cape Town-Melbourne … but interestingly it was actually going Melbourne-Cape Town-Sydney-Melbourne.
I just asked the desk to only check me to Sydney and they did with little fanfare. Got out at Sydney no problems, other than a call from the airline while in the cab on my way home asking where I was.
Not sure if things have changed or I just got lucky.
Since when are there Melbourne - Cape Town flights?
I thought you could only get to Johannesburg from either Sydney or Perth non stop.
(skipping over some other irrelevant waypoints)
I believe the actual itinerary was Melbourne-Perth-Johannesburg-Cape Town-Johannesburg-Sydney-Melbourne.
That makes sense. Cheers
Technically you are due tax refund for the skipped leg.
Some flights actually charge you to cancel so I just didn't show up. That was when k booked the wrong flight
Yes it's insane how they charge you to cancel. I remember once it was cheaper for me to book another flight and intentionally miss the original flight.
So you want to engage in 'skiplagging'/hidden city ticketing/throwaway ticketing.
FWIW, I have MXP-SIN-BKK booked for next year. It was about $250 cheaper than booking just MXP-SIN. I booked the SIN-BKK leg for one week after the MXP-SIN leg to ensure that I (and my luggage) arrive in Singapore.
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