Why is there a problem with not completing a segment of a return flight home?
Sep 12th, 2001, 02:29 PM
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Leslie, <BR>Yes I meant to say this was the rule for a Restricted Ticket. On a full fare ticket all that needs to be done is to cancel that leg and to make sure that your luggage isn't going all the way through! <BR>Sorry..............I assumed Mike was talking about a Restricted Ticket and didn't see any reason to clarify. <BR>Deb
Sep 12th, 2001, 02:56 PM
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Mike, <BR> <BR>What with all the conflicting and confusing information you are receiving, I thought I might be able to clear the air with a little mathematical, equational analogy. <BR> <BR>"Let's say that three trains are leaving from different parts of the country and heading for the same destination. Train "A" (representing the first leg of your journey) is leaving from Los Angeles; train "B" (representing leg 2)is leaving from Miami and train "C" (leg 3, etc.)is departing from Chicago. With me so far? Good. <BR> <BR>The L.A. Train departs at 7:53am; the Chicago train at 1:25pm and the Miami train at 6:11pm. Now, let's say you've booked tickets on all three trains--plus the return to L.A.. So far, how many trains are you actually booked on? Five? Six? No, four (LA-Chicago=1, Chicago-Miami=2, Miami-Chicago=3 and Chicago-LA=4) unless, of course you booked it all as one ticket--in which case it's "1"--but I digress. <BR> <BR>You begin in LA on the 8:15 train (I realize I said 7:53; however, that train is almost never on time). When you reach Chicago at 1:55 (even though they told you you'd be there in plenty of time to catch the Miami connection) you discover that, through a "communication problem"(read--human being) you have managed to miss the next leg of your travel itinerary. After seriously weighing your options (in a bar on Rush Street where you blow most of your spending money) you decide the 2nd leg of your journey will require that you use your own (legs). And so you begin walking to Miami. <BR> <BR>Three weeks later you arrive at the Miami train station at 6:05pm. You are tired, sunburned, threadbare (remember that luggage you sold for food!?) and starving but--through no small miracle--still in time to catch the 6:11 train back to Chicago. You take your place in line for boarding the train, hand your ticket to the conductor and are told, "I'm sorry, but this ticket was for a week ago and we can no longer honor it, as it was never canceled and, besides, the train is currently booked". <BR> <BR>Anyway, this is precisely why your plan should work. Hope this helps <BR> <BR>Best regards, <BR> <BR>Doctor AL
