Originally Posted by
22/04
Interesting-flight planning to Nice when going to Palma. I believe Monarch might have done that much more recently ( but some years ago) when operating A321s to Ovda- planning the return to Brussels and then continuing to Luton when fuel was okay to do that.
Would such a practice be frowned on today?
It is still used and is known as reclearance flight planning. The ATC flight plan is for the actual destination, but the fuel plan is for a nominated enroute airport with a decision point to decide whether to continue or divert for a splash and dash. Monarch used to use Lille for this on this route.