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Flight question
Posted on 1/25/26 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 1/25/26 at 5:53 pm
How can it be $900 more to fly to Munich from Houston vs flying from Baton Rouge thru Houston when it's the same flight from Houston?
I'll drive to BTR to save $900, can I just not board that last leg on the return flight?
TIA
I'll drive to BTR to save $900, can I just not board that last leg on the return flight?
TIA
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Posted on 1/25/26 at 6:06 pm to ecb
We are running to the same thing with AUS-CDG. Cheaper to fly DFW-AUS-CDG than just go from Austin.
This is on AA.
This is on AA.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 6:33 pm to ecb
Travel bloggers like Noel Phillips talk about this extensively. This is a worldwide phenomenon. Watched one of his videos where he got a Qatar flight in first class from Cairo to Sydney for $1500. He was saying connecting through certain places brought the cost way down. Another example he gave was Dublin-Heathrow-New York was way cheaper than JFK- Heathrow.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 8:09 pm to Floyd Dawg
2 years ago I was flying business class DFW to Heathrow to Edinburgh for a golf trip. My group all picked that flight on American Airlines. I flew Waco to DFW and got on the same flight as my golf group and saved $1,500. Not sure why it worked, but it did. I always check for flight out of Austin, Waco and DFW when I fly, especially overseas.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 12:00 am to ecb
Check flying out of AUS or DFW via Houston. This happens to every hub city in my experience. When I was Delta, and lived in ATL, they knew I had no other choice, and they priced appropriately. In TX you have more choices, and driving to DFW isn't bad if you go up through Waco instead of 45. There are also buses that take 45 for less than that, and there is always the Greyhound of the skies, Southwest, which has a flight every 30m between DAL and HOU. Inconvenient, but much cheaper.
If you don't board that last leg, you run the risk (although extreme) of having your frequent flyer account nailed, and if you have bags checked, you won't see them for a while.
If you don't board that last leg, you run the risk (although extreme) of having your frequent flyer account nailed, and if you have bags checked, you won't see them for a while.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 12:19 am to ecb
Easy.
From Houston you can fly direct, so United/Lufthansa knows you'll pay more for it. You're hub captive.
if you leave from BTR you have to connect regardless, so, BTR-ATL-MUC, BTR-CLT-MUC, and BTR-IAH-MUC are all the same to you. So you'll fly on whoever is cheaper. Because of that, airlines have to get more competitive on the routing to drive the price down.
From Houston you can fly direct, so United/Lufthansa knows you'll pay more for it. You're hub captive.
if you leave from BTR you have to connect regardless, so, BTR-ATL-MUC, BTR-CLT-MUC, and BTR-IAH-MUC are all the same to you. So you'll fly on whoever is cheaper. Because of that, airlines have to get more competitive on the routing to drive the price down.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:13 am to ecb
Skipping the last leg is pretty frowned upon but I doubt they would do anything if it just happened once
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:29 am to Pelican fan99
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Skipping the last leg is pretty frowned upon but I doubt they would do anything if it just happened once
Problem will be on an international trip, you likely checked a bag. If you do a phantom leg, that bag is going to continue on to final destination unless you inform airport ops early on that you aren't going on... maybe a "medical situation" or something.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:39 am to Lsut81
They'd just have to go pick them up in Baton Rouge once they drive there.
I wouldn't do it but it would save a good chunk of change for sure
I wouldn't do it but it would save a good chunk of change for sure
Posted on 1/26/26 at 1:37 pm to ecb
Interestingly enough, when I booked using travel miles it was the same BTR or IAH departure?
I'm starting to understand why they always lose money
I'm starting to understand why they always lose money
Posted on 1/26/26 at 2:03 pm to ecb
Things like this fall through the cracks on occasion. There is a name for the practice of getting off the plane before the last leg of the flight to save money. (I forget the name).
It is not illegal but it is against the airline’s rules. If you make a habit of it you may get flagged.
It is not illegal but it is against the airline’s rules. If you make a habit of it you may get flagged.
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