Ditching the last flight of a round trip with a twist
Apr 26, 2024, 7:48 pm
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Ditching the last flight of a round trip with a twist
I will be flying LAS - LHR - DUB (in November), arriving at LHR at 1500 and scheduled to depart at 1820, and arrive in DUB at 1940. I'd like to ditch the LHR - DUB leg and instead book LHR - OTP (1745 - 2300) on the same day. While I have ditched the last leg of a flight before on BA, I have never wanted an overlapping booking like this. Is this possible while booking in advance? Would it be polite to un-check-in myself from the LHR - DUB flight? If so, at what point should I do so?
Apr 26, 2024, 9:14 pm
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No issue booking whatever you want is overlapping. Yes it would be polite to uncheck yourself and as you know youll need to be hbo.
Apr 27, 2024, 11:19 am
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Wouldn't they see that you have a double booking and cancel the newest one? UA did that to me (in my case, I just forgot to cancel the first one...had intended to).
Apr 27, 2024, 11:49 am
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BA will not do this for any other booking, only if its clearly a duplicate booking on the same flight(s). I dont think UA do either, only if at least one sector is on the same flight.
Apr 27, 2024, 12:25 pm
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even a duplicate booking on the same flight doesn't seem to provoke BA to pro-actively cancel one. in that instance the main issue is you need to cancel one before olci opens.
for overlapping bookings on separate flights i haven't heard of any issues before with BA cancelling one, so it shouldn't be an issue at all.
for overlapping bookings on separate flights i haven't heard of any issues before with BA cancelling one, so it shouldn't be an issue at all.
Apr 27, 2024, 1:21 pm
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That’s nice of BA. UA absolutely will cancel an “impossible” booking (where you couldn’t fly the first trip and the second trip).