Having bought a return flight cheaper than a one-way, do I have to fly the second leg of the ticket? [duplicate]

I purchased a ticket to fly from NYC to Santiago, Chile with a return from Bogota to NYC. Buying a round trip ticket from Santiago to Bogota is cheaper then one way so I wanted to lose the second leg of the ticket. Does anyone foresee any issues with this? It won't interfere with my Bogota to NYC flight will it?

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I don't foresee any problems as long as you put your actual departure date and flight from Bogota on your Colombian visa form (if applicable).

All a country generally wants to know about is how and when you arrived and how and when you're leaving.

As for the airline, again i don't foresee any problems (assuming that the NYC-santiago/bogota-NYC is a separate ticket to the santiago-bogota ticket and not just a multistop booking). As far as the airlines are concerned these are two independent bookings.

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What happens if I buy a round trip ticket and only use one-way?

Can I buy a roundtrip ticket for a one-way trip? Technically, you can buy a roundtrip ticket and only use it to go one-way, but airlines frown upon this. And, you can only skip the return flight. If you miss a segment of your trip, the airline may cancel the rest of your ticket without giving you a refund.

Can I buy a return ticket and not use the return?

For example, you can't buy a roundtrip ticket and only use the return flight; you can't combine two or more roundtrip excursion fares end-to-end for the purpose of circumventing minimum stay requirements (back-to-back ticketing); and it's illegal to book a ticket in someone's name without the person's consent.

Can I use just one leg of a round trip flight?

The practice you're referring to is known as \u201cthrowaway ticketing.\u201d Most of the major airlines, including Alaska, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, and US Airways, prohibit throwaway ticketing (or \u201cthe purchase and use of round-trip tickets for the purpose of one-way travel only,\u201d according to Continental's ...

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