Hi,
I'm flying roundtrip to Madrid from New Mexico. The flights are already purchased. It has just occurred to me that my flight home leaves Madrid first for Barcelona before heading for the USA. We'll be on Iberia to Barcelona and then Delta to the USA. So, my question is can I simply skip the Madrid-Barcelona leg and board in Barcelona for the flight to the USA? I assume that we can print our own boarding passes in advance, and we will have no luggage to check, so it will only be an issue of passing through security to get to the boarding area. Thanks.
Posted by
Puyallup, WA, USA
881 posts
No, you cannot skip. Somewhere in their "Contract of Carriage", the airline will have a line something to the effect of "all coupons/tickets must be used in order". If you skip a leg, they will cancel you without a refund, and mark you as a "no show".
Your choice would be to call the airline, and pay whatever change fee and additional cost they would like to charge.
No, it doesn't make a lot of sense, but yes the airline will charge you. Sorry!
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9371 posts
This has been discussed several times here recently, and Chris is right. If you show up at the Barcelona airport instead of Madrid you will find yourself unable to board because your tickets will have been canceled when you didn't show up for the first flight.
Posted by
OP
Las Vegas, NM, USA
24 posts
Thanks a bunch for the info. You just saved me a huge mistake!
Posted by
Des Moines, IA
2193 posts
Hey, Dan: The change fee alone would probably make the economics of changing your itinerary at this point not very attractive. Not sure about Iberia, but most are around $175 and up per passenger. Then, you would have to cover the difference in fare. Plus, you would have to get to Barcelona…AVE isn’t super cheap.