"Binyamin Dissen" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:05:59 +0200 Usuario Invitado

wrote:

:Suppose that I am flying Madrid-Milan-Athens, and return
:Athens-Milan-Madrid with a low-price ticket, which does not allow any
:change or cancellation.

:If in the return trip I do not use the ticket from Athens to Milan,
:because I arrive to Milan by another mean, does the airline
:automatically cancel my ticket Milan-Madrid? This is what my travel
:agent claims, since according to the company, if I miss the first
:flight, I cannot take the second connection.

Typically that is true.

:If that's right, I imagine following trick:

:A friend, who will fly the same schedule Athens-Milan-Madrid, would make
:the check-in in Athens for me and for himself (I would give him an ID),
:and get my boarding passes for the two flights. Then I would not take
:the first flight in Athens (obviously I would be already in Milan).We
:would meet in Milan and my friend would give me the boarding card for
:the flight Milan-Madrid, and I would take the plane.
:Would in this instance the airline cancel my second boarding card,
:because I did not use the first one?

Assuming that your friend looks enough like you this should work. Would
you be
able to manage a few days without your ID?

See that the OP is talking about international travel, we are probably
talking passport as an ID. I wonder how the OP is planning to use his
passport to go from Greece to Italy and yet have another passport for his
friend to use to get the boarding pass.


To the various airline toadies - no, I do not have an ethical problem with
using just part of a purchased service.

--
Binyamin Dissen
http://www.dissensoftware.com