beachgirl86

DH and I came across some great priced tickets a couple of months ago to London and Paris. They were about $500 from Boston in July, into London (with a stop in Paris) and then non-stop from Paris back to London. We have 10 nights, and it is on Air France. The tickets are not changeable or transferable or anything.

What if we just wanted to go to Paris for the full 10 days? Could we just skip our connecting flight to London, and get off in Paris instead?

CarolA

Not if you want to get on the plane home from Paris. Failure to catch that connection can void the rest of your ticket. It's called hidden city booking and the airlines are on to it!

janisj

if you don't board the flight to London they can (and probably will) void the return ticket.

janisj

Was posting at the same time . . .

beachgirl86

Ok, this is what I was wondering about, thanks for clearing it up for me!

adags

Actually I did that 2 summers ago. I was supossed to fly to Egypt with a layover in Milan. Unfortunately there were some "events" going on in Egypt so we decided to just stay in Milan. We told the airline that we would not be connecting on our second leg of the trip. They said ok, and then mentioned that there would be a $200 charge for not getting on the plane. We agreed and then they never charged us. So it may be worth a try to contact the airline.

beachgirl86

adags: Thanks for telling me about that. I might contact Air France and ask them about that. Very interesting!

j_999_9

I think if you contact them ahead of time, they're going to say no or hit you with a charge.

Unless I misunderstood, I think adags was talking about waiting till you get to the layover site and then saying you can't make the connecting flight.

There was a long thread about this some time ago, but I think the OP was talking about a one-way ticket (and not getting on the connecting flight). Don't remember if the ever reported back on what happened. My guess is on a one-way trip, nothing happened.

kerouac

I work for an airline, and I also confirm that getting off in Paris would invalidate the rest of your ticket.

However, if you fly to London and, say, take the Eurostar to Paris, AF might let you skip the London-Paris coupon if you ask them nicely or come up with a good lie (health problems or whatever).

beachgirl86

Thanks for the info. I guess all I can do is ask Air France and see what they say. Kerouac, I'm not exactly sure what the second part of what you wrote meant. I have an open jaw ticket, into London (with a 1 hour layover in Paris, and out of Paris.

kelliebellie

Can you book the tickets seperately?

You can't check luggage that way or it will all be in London!

kerouac

Oh well, if you already have an open jaw return, then what I said is meaningless. But you will have to go to London.

beachgirl86

kelliebellie: I did think of the luggage thing -- it would have to be carry-on only!