Does anyone have any experience with skipping the last leg of an outbound flight? My original flight to Japan got cancelled. I contacted them and they moved it to a different flight that gets to a different city in Japan at a reasonable time, but then there's a long-ass overnight layover before flying to the original city that I booked. I don't really care where in Japan I arrive in, so I asked them if it was possible to not have the last leg of the outbound flight in the booking, but they said to just not board that flight. Will there be any issues from this? Should I inform the staff when I check in that I don't intend to board the last flight or do that when I get to Japan?
The annoying thing is that not long after I finished with the live chat agent, my original flight is available to be booked again. I'm kinda wondering if it wasn't a cancellation but instead I got bumped off the flight, just ahead of time.
If your return flight back from Japan is on the same ticket, you may have an issue if the system says you haven't completed previous leg and therefore does not allow your next travel.
If you don't have a return flight back on the same ticket then shouldn't really be an issue. Some airlines end up banning people that don't complete legs but not straight away from the first time.
Best option is to try and change the flight to a suitable timing for yourself.