you 'get off' a plane trip part way?

[Cogcog]

Not in an 'open the door and parachute' way but at a stop over airport?

I am pricing up flights for a series of trips and the cheapest/quickest way is not to board my return long haul connection in Amserdam, but to catch a flight onto my next place of work.

Is it just a matter iof telling the airline on book-in so the luggage is off loaded at the connecting airport?

[Cogcog]

So If I can travel with just cabin baggage that could work?

I am flying Birmingham to Dubai, then to Geneva and then Paris and back to Birmingham. The cheapest way is to fly Air France to Dubai, and then get off when it lands for the connection in Paris as there is a long delay in the connection and get a return to Geneva and a single to Birmingham with a cheapo airline.

[Cogcog]

LooneyTunes said:

Won't your name be all over the tannoy system whilst they try to track down the passenger who checked in but didn't make it to the gate... can't imagine it would make you popular with them?

Do you have to check back in? I assume they hold you in an air side area, but I agreethat they will be expectying me to baord but I wouldn't just bugger off, I would tell them. just tried getting a return from OParis and then a return from Paris to the UK: fares make no sense as it is cheaper to buy a return than a one way.

[Cogcog]

I have spoken with Airfrance and you can break a journey for up to 24 hours without a charge and that is simply seen as a 'connection'. Over 24 hours and it is a stop over where a charge applies.

They calculated the cost of BHX-DBX-CGD-GVA-CDG-BHX on one ticket at £775 (which is about £100 more than buying separate tickets.

So yes yo can get off but if it for over 24 hours it will cost you £100 which sounds reasonable to me?