I am trying to book a flight from Chicago to Berlin on May 30 using Air Berlin.
The price for this ticket with the return date of June 24 is $690.00.
If you change the return date to July 8, the price goes up significantly.
I am planning on returning in July but I cannot pay $1,500.00 for the return date in July.
Here is what I discovered, though:
I found a flight with Air Berlin to Copenhagen with a stop over in Berlin with the return date on July 10 for about $830.00. The flight from Chicago to Berlin is the exact same flight number as the flight from Chicago to Copenhagen with the stop over in Berlin.
I am thinking of just buying the cheaper ticket and NOT taking the plane from Berlin to Copenhagen, and then I would like to do the same on the way back.
It should not be a problem going from Chicago to Berlin but I am afraid that they will cancel my ticket on the way back since I will NOT show up at the airport in Copenhagen.
Has anyone done this? Does the Airline care if I don’t show up on one of the connecting flights?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
need help with booking a flight to Berlin
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You may be flagged for security. If you did not board in Copenhagen you may not be allowed to board in Berlin. Not worth the risk IMO.
If you are not compelled to fly Air Berlin, then perhaps you should consider flying into a cheaper destination and taking a cheap flight or train to Berlin, or using some other airline/stop over flight. Non stop flights to Berlin are expensive. So if you cannot afford the nonstop airfare you will have to fly with at least one stop.
If you want to look at who flies where check Google's site: http://www.itasoftware.com/ and then click on the matrix search engine.
Also consider coming back earlier than July 8. the summer season airfares go up in July. Lufthansa sometimes runs sales this time of year..they had a big strike last year, so that should not be repeated this summer.