Missing a connecting flight on purpose

Missing a connecting flight on purpose?
Here is the deal, my gf is taking the bus from Vancouver B.C. to Seattle, flying from Seattle to Milwaukee. I am picking her up in Milwaukee as flying into Chicago is much more expensive. However the flight has a layover in Chicago. Can she simply tell the check in agent that she is going to miss her Connection and route her bags to Chicago?? Will this be ok?? Has anybody ever done this?? thanks
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Did she pay for the flight all the way to Chicago? They wont fly the bags for free.
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Why would the airlines do that? First of all if they can charge more and get you to pay more to fly into Chicago, they will because the airlines need the money. Second, when your luggage tag will match the destination city on your boarding pass.
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Technically it's a no-no. First off, if it's a round trip, SEA-ORD-MKE-ORD-SEA, if she misses the ORD-MKE flight, the remaining flights will automatically get canceled, and she won't be able to get back to SEA. Secondly, when she bought the ticket SEA-MKE, all the airline is obligated to do is carry her to Milwaukee. In other words, if it's United airlines, they could decide to cancel her first flight, and send her Seattle-Denver-Milwaukee instead. Or American Airlines could send her via Dallas instead of Chicago. Etc. But...if it's a one-way ticket, there's a chance it *might* work. I have done it - I had a ticket CDG-ZRH-BOM-ZRH-CDG, and when checking in for the return part of the trip (BOM-ZRH-CDG) I asked if I could just take the BOM-ZRH leg. The woman at the checkin desk was very nice, and just tagged my checked luggage to ZRH. However, if it's a one-way ticket and she does do this, technically the airlines reserve the right to come after her for the difference in cost. This has traditionally been something they do only rarely, and only to repeat offenders. But I've heard they're starting to crack down a bit.
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No - they will not route her bags to Chicago - it will be checked all the way to her final destination
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Bags are not allowed to fly unaccompanied and they will have to yank them off the plane in Chicago. And of course, if she misses her connection, no one will force her to go to Milwaukee. But tha airline may ground ship her bags to Milwaukee. Basically, this can only really work if she has no checked bags. Also note that if you miss part of a flight they may cancel the return flight.

Need to get a cheap flight to Texas

Need to get a cheap flight to Texas.?
Does anyone know were I can get a plane ticket from Milwaukee Wi - El Paso Tx. For cheap. I can't find anything online. I want to leave early on July 1st and come back on the 5th. Anything would help thank you I am looking for a ticket around $250
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www.edreams.com is a good page , meybe you get something =)
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too bad you didnt plan ealier most flights now are in the 350 range and southwest doesnt starrt llight to mke till Noveember so using southwest is out unless you want to travel to Chicago but even that runs up to 560.00 round trip
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You have left it too late to get such a cheap deal. You can keep looking but it is likely that the price will just keep increasing.

how long is a flight from Vancouver to Wisconsin

how long is a flight from Vancouver to Wisconsin?
From Vancouver, Canada, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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the flight is a little under 3 hrs. its approx. 2.38 minutes. good luck!
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A direct flight is approx. 3 Hrs 41 Min. You can get flight times for airports all over the world at https://www.jets.com/

Would this flight be possible

Would this flight be possible?
Theres only 30ish minutes to switch flights in MKE, but the airline is still the same, so i was wondering if this flight will be possible..this is my first time flying so I need all the help I can get. Depart from Baltimore, MD (BWI) @ 7:04am on Airtran Airways 915 Arrive in Milwaukee, WI (MKE) @ 8:03am Change planes. Time between flights: 0hr 34min Depart from Milwaukee, WI (MKE) @ 8:37am Airtran airways 610 Arrive in San Francisco, CA (SFO) @ 11:22am
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are you a kid?
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Extremely UNlikely. If the departing flight is delayed in any way, even a few minutes waiting on the taxi way to get to the head of the line for takeoff, you could so easily miss the connection. You might have to wait for 5 or 10 minutes after you arrive in Milwaukee for a gate to open. Anything at all like that could make you late. Remember that you are supposed to be boarded BEFORE the time listed for departure. The airline would like be able to have the doors closed and be pulling away from the gate at that time. I <<seriously>> recommend that you find something with at least a 1 hour connecting time.
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You should be ok. If both planes are with the same airline, the gates are usually in the same terminal. MKE isn't that big of an airport. The only issue that I can foresee is in the size of the aircraft. Sometimes big planes use different terminals from small planes. The airline may be able to help with specific details if you call them. Additionally, if you happen to get a customer service rep in India or somewhere like that, you can ask them to transfer you to a rep in the U.S. and they legally are required to do that. I hope this helps. p.s. Flights often start boarding 30 mins. prior to departure.

Travel Question concerning time zones between CDTZ and WCTZ in America

Travel Question concerning time zones between CDTZ and WCTZ in America?
Please help settle an argument Let's say a flight was to leave from Milwaukee at 2:30pm [CDT] and it was a four flight to LAX, what time would I get into LA [west coast time]. Thank you for your responses.
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The Central Time to Pacific time difference is 2 hours. Lv. Milwaukee at 2:30 PM add 4 hrs. flight which would in Milwaukee time be 6:30 PM, now deduct the 2 hrs. time difference and your answer is: 4:30 PM
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Not sure where you got those abbreviations. Since we don't use either CDTZ or WCTZ in the US. Milwaukee is in the Central Time Zone (CST now, the D is only used for Daylight savings time which we are now off until March). Los Angeles in the Pacific Time Zone (PST). PST is 2 hours behind CST. So if you leave Milwaukee at 2:30pm and take a 4 hour flight, it would be 6:30pm CST when you land. Turn your clock back 2 hours and it will be 4:30pm PST in Los Angeles.

Which is cheaper, plane or car

Which is cheaper, plane or car?
Hi, I am trying to persuade my mom to let me take a plane down to Sarasota from Milwaukee. It is 1,313 miles. She gets 20MPG. What is the price of total gas? The roundtrip flights to Milwaukee and Sarasota is $231, and that would be 2626 miles total. So basically what I'm asking is the price for 2626 miles with 20MPG. Thanks in advance!
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divide the number of miles by 20 then multiply the price of gas per gallon. off hand i would say you can't beat the roundtrip price.
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it would be about 132 gallons of gas, at about $3 a gallon it would be cheaper to fly
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Well at 20 MPG that means you will need 131.3 gallons of gas at about $3 a gallon so its $393.90 for gas averaging $3 a gallon.
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its around 260 tanks of gas so multiply that by three so like $1000 gas, but you'll probably get better gas milage than 20 on the highway and so with that and the amount of money you save on luggage that you can take i would say car is cheaper, but since you got such a cheap flight (231$ roundtrip sounds fishy b/c its so cheap) i have to say flying is cheaper
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With gas money, long distances are usually cheaper to fly unless booked at the last minute.
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Hi Jason, it's good that you're thinking! Depending upon your age, I'd probably have tried to get you to do the simple gas math yourself, but others have gone ahead and given you some info. Here's some more things to consider.... The airfare is times 2 remember. Will you drive each way non-stop? If not what will a hotel cost? How about meals on the road? If you fly, will she need to rent a car in Sarasota or take taxis/limos? What's that car cost per day? Or taxi/limo costs? There's another potential cost in Milwaukee if you fly; can you guess it? Good luck running all the numbers; it's a very mature exercise to do! RJ