"Complimentary" flight after my final destination

6/20/2015 6:31:49 AM

You will need to collect your baggage when you arrive in Newark for customs purposes anyway, so you may end your journey there.

6/20/2015 3:12:49 PM

It sounds like your travel agent is using hidden city ticketing.

It is true that you will claim your checked luggage at Newark to go through customs, and there won’t be anything to stop you from just leaving the airport after that.

However, the airline’s contract of carriage says you are not supposed to do this. See Is leaving airport at a stop before the final destination illegal? and Do you have to take the second leg of a domestic flight? The contract gives them the right to take various actions if they catch you using hidden-city ticketing, including cancelling the rest of your itinerary (not really applicable here since this is the end of your journey), denying frequent flier miles, or charging you for the difference between what you paid and what the itinerary you actually flew would normally cost. It’s probably unlikely that they would actually do the latter, but it’s hard to be sure.

I would suggest you ask your travel agent about this. Find out how much you are actually saving with this trick, and assess for yourself whether it is worth the risks. I don’t think they should have made an itinerary like this for you without your permission, and if you are not comfortable with it, I think they ought to change it for you. If there is a change fee (in addition to the difference in fare), I think it would be appropriate to ask the travel agent to pay it themselves. Of course, I don’t know if you will be able to get them to agree to that.

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