Originally Posted by
hoya saxa
My apologies if this has been covered here before. I seem to recall the topic being discussed previously but my searches were fruitless.
I've got an end of trip deadhead that lays over domestically after a long int'l deadhead, then continues with a final leg to base. Is it possible to deviate only on the final leg - i.e. take the scheduled int'l deadhead, gt, and hotel and then go my merry way? Or will this cancel the entire end of trip deadhead sequence? My gut says it will.
In a similar vein, if one were to not deviate at all, but simply not show up for the final leg, would this cause any issues? In other words, jumpseat home offline without losing that first int'l deadhead leg. Obviously I wouldn't get the associated accepted fare in my bank.
In advance, I offer thanks and respect to you cool-headed sages of all things purple.
Hoya
Deviating any part of your return DH will cancel it all. I had the exact thing happen in July. Called skeds to ask the "what if" and she does it for me while I'm on the phone w/o my consent. That cancelled the $7000 ticket I had from DXB-JFK and the bank reverts to accepted of $3800 (figure that disparity out). Pairing got changed anyway so it didn't matter in the end.
Bottom line: Multi leg DH with layovers cannot be deviated partially - it's all or nothing. One thing you can do on the back end is get to the U.S. first, then cancel the domestic leg w/ global travel and rebook what you want.
I know lots of guys that never officially deviate on the back end. They just cancel the flight w/ GT and buy what they want. The cancelled ticket goes in your bank as if you deviated.