What happens if don't fly the firs sector of a booking?

[Stuser]

I have just booked a JASA Canberra to Melbourne to Auckland.

I live in Canberra, but I have to be in Melbourne the day before my flight to Auckland.

i booked the JASA CAN-MEL-AKL as it was 100,000 points less than any available MEL-AKl JASA.

Now, two questions:

one: what happens if I don't fly the first sector. CAN-MEL? Can I just check in for the MEl-AKL at the MEL airport and "burn" the first sector?

two: could I get the first sector changed to the day before? I can't seem to change the flights online.

Thanks.

 

[markis10]

Ring the service centre and get them to change it, dont burn 40 SC!

 

[medhead]

If you don't fly the first leg don't they cancel all subsequent flights?

 

[moa999]

1. if you skip a segment expect the remainder of it to be cancelled.

2. depends on the fare rules but unlikely - I suspect what you have booked is a MEL transit only - it may be possible to get a flight the previous day (if within 24hrs)

 

[Stuser]

Re: What happens if don't fly the first sector of a booking?

Ring the service centre and get them to change it, dont burn 40 SC!

RESULT!!!!

I called the service centre, and asked if I could change the first flight, CAN - MEL, to the day before.

I'm pretty sure he said that if it had been a classic award, I would have been able to do the change within a 24 hour period.

However, as it was a JASA, the service rep went away for a while to "calculate" the penalty for changing.
He came back and said that there is NO penalty. Ended up paying $7.44 in extra taxes and charges + $40 for service fee. Now that beats having to fly back to Canberra just so I could take the Canberra to Melbourne sector of my AKL trip.

So all up, got a JASA from CAN-MEL-AKL for about 53,000 points + $47.44 for flights on two days. Best MEL-AKL on the same flight was 151,000 points. So thanks to this anomaly I effectively get a J flight from CAN-MEL for $47.44 (and saved me booking the separate flight CAN-MEL that I almost booked before I booked the JASA).

I love these JASAs.

And you are so right, Markis10 - don't burn 40 scs....!