Originally Posted by
WHBM
Happens thousands of times a day, and carriers factor it into their overall no show calculations for overbooking percentages. So while you are doing this the carrier is already factoring it into sellng the seat on that final sector for a second time.
You won't be in breach of contract because in the (very few) cases which have come into legal contention, the Unfair Contract Terms Act has been applied and such contract "terms" have been held to be a nonsense and set aside.
WHBM. That is not correct. While many lower courts have considered the contract terms to be 'unfair' this has not be sustained on appeal. More recently the Highest German Court suggested that airlines 'sequential and complete' use of coupons provisions were vague and suggested that while airlines were within their rights to require S&C use the passengers should be given the option of paying for the right to use their coupons out of sequence, or incompletely. Do a fare quote on LH on-line and you will now see an option in the process to use your coupons out of sequence, or not use some at all. Of course the price will be different.
Lets face it. The airline has a price for every conceivable journey you may wish to take. It is not your right to substitute the price for the journey you take with the price for a journey you are not taking. Nothing different than switching price tags in a shop.
Practically speaking, it is unlike that the airline will charge you if you don't use the last coupon. But if you make a practice of this they will cotton on and can refuse your bookings in the future.