Budget travel - please share your thoughts
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Budget travel - please share your thoughts
Is is possible to purchase a plane ticket to one location, that has a layover in your preferred destination - and just not take the connection to the final destination?
How about the return trip - Can I hop on from the layover point to travel home...instead of from the originating location?
It is cheaper to do it this way, than to actually book the direct flight to my desired destination, but do not want to get bumped from the flight if I am doing something wrong.
Thanks for you thoughts on this matter!
How about the return trip - Can I hop on from the layover point to travel home...instead of from the originating location?
It is cheaper to do it this way, than to actually book the direct flight to my desired destination, but do not want to get bumped from the flight if I am doing something wrong.
Thanks for you thoughts on this matter!
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As Thursdaysd said, as soon as you fail to get on the connecting flight, they will cancel your return flight.
If you're doing a one-way, you can fail to get on the second flight and there's no problem, but one-ways are often more expensive than round-trip.
There are other ways to get a cheaper flight - look at a different time of day for the flight and/or a different day to depart and return; look at multiple airlines to see if there is a better price - perhaps a flight with a connection rather than a direct flight; etc.
If you're doing a one-way, you can fail to get on the second flight and there's no problem, but one-ways are often more expensive than round-trip.
There are other ways to get a cheaper flight - look at a different time of day for the flight and/or a different day to depart and return; look at multiple airlines to see if there is a better price - perhaps a flight with a connection rather than a direct flight; etc.
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Guess I'm late to the party... but as above, short answer, is no.
The only leg of an itinerary you could simply abandon without penalty would be your very last flight (which since that's likely "home" doesn't work out very well!)
The only leg of an itinerary you could simply abandon without penalty would be your very last flight (which since that's likely "home" doesn't work out very well!)