Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
I should perhaps have made clear - I'm thinking of buying a one way ticket from A -> C but after the airplane has flown from A to B, then I plan to ask the cabin crew *nicely* if they wouldn't mind if I could please get off and waive my rights to transport from B - > C. As it's a one way ticket on the same aircraft, and tickets for A - > B are not sold because locals would either drive or take a 5 hour train ride, it's much harder to engage in tariff abuse (eg. no connecting flight). The airline in question doesn't offer any kind of lounge facility, and one has to enter passport details at the time of buying a ticket (which will be checked at the gate) so no possibility of ID fraud. Tickets are also non-refundable. The flight has only one class of seating - ie all economy, and there is no frequent flyer scheme. Furthermore, hand luggage gets X-rayed so difficult to take any naughty items, and I'm not planning to put luggage in the hold. Again, airports A, B and C are all in the same country, so no passport/customs/Covid-on-arrival issues, and the airline is based in the same country, so no issue with international traffic rights.
On that basis.... what might cause an airline to decline to let me get off the aircraft after flying A -> B, instead of flying A -> B -> C ? Is there anything around security regulations that might make this awkward ?
Yes, I'm aware that "for security purposes" can sometimes mean "I don't want to allow this, but I cannot think of a good reason why so I will use this excuse"
Do you plan to use the same airline in future ?
If not, I very much doubt there would/will be any consequences to your proposed action.