glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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If my wife books a package holiday for us and I miss the outbound flight, will I still be able to use my paid for return leg once I catch up with her at the destination?
Missed flight question
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Yes, you'll just have to pedal fast to get there in time.
Ridgeway
Veteran
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- Lausanne, Switzerland
Almost certainly NOT. Your ticket will likely be cancelled once you no show for the first leg.
It’s a tactic that airlines employ to avoid people booking a return ticket and only using the last leg to save costs. It works the other way round as they cannot stop that. This is speaking from my own experience.
It’s a tactic that airlines employ to avoid people booking a return ticket and only using the last leg to save costs. It works the other way round as they cannot stop that. This is speaking from my own experience.
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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- Scotland
I think it should be fine. My wife disagrees.
figbat
Slippery scientist
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- South Oxfordshire, UK
Google consensus appears to be that no, you can’t just use the return ticket. Worth checking all T&Cs carefully and even talking to the airline or booking agent.
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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Searching the web reveals that some airlines will allow it and others will cancel the return.
An english solicitor successfully sued an airline for doing that and they changed their policy.
An english solicitor successfully sued an airline for doing that and they changed their policy.
Ridgeway
Veteran
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Google says many things.
Having been stood at a check in desk on 3 occasions with your described scenario i can only say that I’ve been forced to buy new tickets, oh and by then the seat you originally had has long been sold so an overnight in a hotel is possible depending on connection frequency.
Unless the airline accepts this procedure then personally i wouldn’t risk it.
Better would be to book a single return but be sat down when you see the price….
Having been stood at a check in desk on 3 occasions with your described scenario i can only say that I’ve been forced to buy new tickets, oh and by then the seat you originally had has long been sold so an overnight in a hotel is possible depending on connection frequency.
Unless the airline accepts this procedure then personally i wouldn’t risk it.
Better would be to book a single return but be sat down when you see the price….
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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- Scotland
What’s a single return?
Ridgeway
Veteran
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- Lausanne, Switzerland
Single ticket, one way, return in your case
marzjennings
Guru
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- Houston, Texas, USA
It'll depend on the airline and their individual policies.
Ridgeway
Veteran
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- Lausanne, Switzerland
Mainly the ticket type booked. There’s often many ticket versions even for what we see as an economy seat.
Slick
Guru
Although
I did have some issues myself recently, but I really can't see how it can be anything else.
How many people miss flights and fly out on a later flight?
Got to be a fair few.
I did have some issues myself recently, but I really can't see how it can be anything else.
How many people miss flights and fly out on a later flight?
Got to be a fair few.
Alex321
Veteran
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- South Wales
Not usually.
A missed outward flight almost always means automatic cancellation of the return flight, if they were booked as a return ticket. Even if the return is from a different airport, which happened to us once, when we went on a Danube cruise from Budapest to Nuremberg (flying out to Budapest, back from Munich). We had to book and pay for tickets to get out to Budapest, and new tickets to return from Munich.
