Are there any consequences to skipping a connecting flight if you want to stay in your 'connection city'?

Question

If I book a London (UK) to Seattle flight, connecting in Vancouver, it is cheaper then booking a London to Vancouver direct flight (even though it's the exact same flight to Vancouver -- the cheaper one just has an additional leg to Seattle!). But since I really want to just go to Vancouver, can I simply miss my connection, and leave the airport in Vancouver without any hassles? I'm going to try to only have a carry-on, so hopefully luggage won't be an issue. If it is, is there a solution for this?

Note to clarify: the London to Seattle/Vancouver leg IS my return flight, so I won't have to worry about them cancelling anything on me.

Answer 1

1- You will loose your ticket. To-day "no-show" equals to "no-ticket", as for sure your airfare is non-refundable.
2- If you find a LHR/London to SEA/Seattle that suits you, just book it with a "stop-over", most of the airfares allow that. And enjoy Seattle for free!
If having trouble booking it yourself in the internet, go to a travel agent.

see:
www.kayak.com

www.farecompare.com

www.travelocity.com

www.orbitz.com

www.cheapoair.com

Answer 2

You will only be able to do this 1. If you are not checking bags. If you stay in Vancouver your bags may go on to Seattle. 2. You have purchased a one-way ticket. If you miss your connecting flight your return flights WILL be cancelled. Simply showing up in Vancouver to try to play the "stupid tourist" game will not work. The airline will know you did not fly from Vancouver to Seattle since your boarding pass will not have been scanned as you boarded the flight. They will re-fare your ticket to at least what you would have paid for a round-trp to Vancouver in the first place plus add penalty fees on top of it.

Answer 3

Basically what you are doing is cheating and stealing money from the airline. You said it yourself. It's cheaper to buy a ticket London-Seattle than London-Vancouver. You are then saying you want to stay in Vancouver rather than pay the extra to terminate your ticket in Vancouver in the first place. That is stealing and ticket fraud. There have been instances of repeat offenders who do this who airlines have sued in court for damages and won based on defrauding the airline out of money. If you want that on your conscience that you're a thief, then nothing we say here can stop you.

Answer 4

With its hill backdrop and urban beaches, Vancouver has the rightly acquired reputation of being one of the very beautiful cities in the world, with hotelbye you may have the chance to see this unique city. One of many places you'll need to see in Vancouver is the Downtown Vancouver. Downtown Vancouver is superbly found on a peninsula in the Strait of Georgia bounded to the south by the delta of the Fraser River and to the north with a deep fiord reaching much inland. Here you can also start to see the often snow-covered stages of the Coast Mountains. Stanley Park is one of the very most visited parks. Is just a rich Peninsula Park of huge trees adjacent to Downtown Vancouver. A flat seawall path encircles the green space, and many visitors make an effort to discover on foot or by bicycle. Inland, the park presents many things to do, and guests may invest a complete time discovering attractions including the totem rods at Brockton Point to the west shore sea living at the Vancouver Aquarium. Spectacular opinions certainly are a typical through the entire park.

Answer 5

Like the posers have said, the airline will cancel your return ticket. And also, in these troubled times, your nme is likely to be put on a watch list of people who have "acted suspiciously" and just might be a terrorist. Doing things like you suggest, which were common before 9/11 can now lead to years of official harrasament. Pay the extra money & fly direct.

Answer 6

will if the one going to seattle is cheaper, then yes you can do it...I THINK...this is what you should do...once you have landed in Vancouver go ahead and leave the airport and purposely miss the flight to Seatlle...if you're just taking carry-on make sure it's not too heavy or you'll have to check it in and it would arrive in Seattle...you're allowed to take 2 carry-on's I believe...THEN look on your itenerary and whenever your plane comes in from Seattle back to Vancouver you should go to the airport at Vancouver and give them your information and just lie and tell them that you rented a car and drove to Vancouver to come sight seeing and you forgot that your plane was leaving Seattle that day and ask them if you can just go ahead and leave from there...hopefully it should work...if not then you're SOL(Sh*t Outta Luck). lol hopefully they won't cancel your return flight...OOOOORRR you could give your ticket to a stand by person but tell them not to tell ANYONE...cuz now I don't think you have to show your I.D. once you're past security!!!! OMG I'm a genius!! Hope it works!! Please tell me if it does!!

Answer 7

Not if the itinerary is all on one ticket, and maybe not if the tickets are linked in one itinerary. If all on one ticket the airline in Manchester will certainly list you as a No Show and cancel the rest of your itinerary. You may be able to arrange to not fly the MAN-EDI-LHR portion by calling the airline. If you have separate tickets for the MAN-EDI-LHR flights and the LHR-SFO flights you are probably OK. If you bought the tickets at the same time from the same agent then call and make sure.

Answer 8

Is the savings worth being flagged as a suspicious person? Pre-911 this may have been an option, but these days you may not want to be messing around with international air travel.

Answer 9

I'd think getting stranded would be a consequence.

But from your description, I'd say no worries... they're not going to hold you hostage or anything! As long as you're carry-on, there'll be no problem.

Answer 10

Yep, they will cancel your return flight.