Originally Posted by
kronan
You Can't just Deviate off of One Leg. The "Scheduled" Leg goes away whether you click one box or two.
It is the Final Check-in that matters.
In my example, if you lived in Dallas and just Checked the box for the MEM-DFW leg...there won't be a DFW-DEN leg for you to fly. You have to make your own, stand alone reservation by purchasing a Deviation ticket.
And if you Never make it to the Gate in DFW because of a traffic accident, oversleep, flat tire...you're still On Your Own.
You only become protected After making your Final Deviation check-in.
You
CAN deviate on just one leg. When you check the box for the first leg, you get a notification that both legs will be canceled and you need to rebook the second leg. That is how you deviate on just one leg.
According to what has been said here, I could have a DH from MEM to BOS. I could deviate on that leg. The day before, I could see that BOS is going to have bad weather and change my mind and decide to book the original MEM to BOS leg. According to you, I could just check in at the gate in MEM and if that flight got canceled, I am protected and it's up to CRS to get me to BOS. I have said that once you deviate on a leg, you are responsible for that leg. Some have said it doesn't matter what you check, you can just show up for the scheduled leg even if you deviated on it. I disagreed, and CE told me that they agreed with me.
If it doesn't matter which boxes you check for deviation, why did they add the second box? Before this contract, there was only one box to check which said you were deviating on all legs. Now you get to choose which legs you deviate on. It makes sense that when you deviate on the first leg, the company can't just cancel the first leg and keep the second, that's not how the tickets are booked. They are booked from origin to destination as one reservation, not two separate reservations from MEM-DFW and then DFW-DEN.
Do what you want, I hope it always works out for you.