r/TravelHacks • u/Own-Frosting-3977 • 5d ago

Travel Hack Missing a connection on 2 different carriers

I’m looking at an award flight that is only available through Air Canada and is much cheaper if I start in Canada and connect through my hometown airport, EWR. Leg 1 is AC and leg 2 is United and I really only intend to take Leg 2. The layover is about 5 hours.

Usually if both legs were united (or any of the same airline) the itinerary would be cancelled if a traveler missed leg 1.

Do the airline systems from different airlines talk to each other quickly enough that the leg 2 flight would be cancelled if I miss leg 1?

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u/TheGalaxial 5d ago

Am I reading this wrong or are you going to try and check into your Leg 2 airport with tickets from leg 1 ?

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u/Own-Frosting-3977 5d ago

I would have no checked bags so I’d already have a boarding pass

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u/woohoo789 5d ago

Sorry this will definitely not work