Can I get on a connecting flight ?
Here is my dillema: I want to travel from Washington, DC to Greenville, SC. The tickets from DC to Greenville are like $300, but If I book them from Harrisburg, PA they are $100, but do connect from DC. My question is if I get a ticket, can I get the flight from DC and fly to Greenville,SC? If possible at all. Thanks to all of you that can help me. EDIT: To make it easier: PA -> DC -> SC $100 DC -> SC $300 Can I just skip the PA -> DC, and just get on the connection DC -> SC and still pay the $100 ticket?
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www.expedia.com
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It sounds like you can answer that yourself, if you need a better system check expedia.com, put in your cities and press enter they will give you alternate routes/airports on the left hand side, sorry i'd do it for you ..but it's too much cut and paste http://www.expedia.com Good luck
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No, you won't be able to do that. When you give the gate agent your boarding pass on the first leg of your trip it checks you into the rest of the legs. If you do not board the first leg, your reservation will be canceled and your seat given to anyone who is flying standby or non-rev. If you want to take advantage of the lower fare, you will need to board the fight in PA.
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If you do not show up in Harrisburg for the intial flight- the airline wioll cancel you from DC to Greeneville- I know it's crazy- I 've worked for the airlines for 8 years and have never figured out how it works. You must be flying thru a hub- are you flying US Airways or United? I guess if you book a ticket thru DC they just assume if you aren't making the first flight you are not making the second- shop around some more- maybe go from DC to Atlanta back to Greenville on Delta or Airtran- may be just as cheap- good luck!
