Little-Known Airline Rules That Can Trip You Up

Here are five little-known airline rules that can quickly drain your bank account if you don’t know they exist.

You roll with it. London is fabulous. So fabulous, in fact, that you skip your flight to Paris and instead hop a train a few days later. Fast-forward to departure day in Paris. Your return flight home? Canceled because you skipped a leg. shitao/Shutterstock

Imagine this: You’re off on a dreamy New York-London-Paris adventure. Somewhere over the Atlantic, someone swipes your carry-on. The airline shrugs. “Not our responsibility.” You roll with it. London is fabulous. So fabulous, in fact, that you skip your flight to Paris and instead hop a train a few days later.

Fast-forward to departure day in Paris. Your return flight home? Canceled because you skipped a leg.