ATC would usually tell you before you start decent if there's any changes to your original route that was read back to you at clearance. That however, will only work when you're flying online with IVAO or VATSIM, as MSFS ATC is rather crappy.
If you don't use realistic ATC then alt tab and check weather online, if there's not to much of a tailwind land anyway, or you could do a circling approach. Also check if the STAR you're flying can handle diferant runways.
But most of all fly on VATSIM.
www.vatsim.net/ or skip point of a STAR or SID, but it already answered my question!
It's easy to do that.
Donno what plane you'are flying, byt try it anyway. Open up the LEGS page on your FMC, click on the LSK key (button) next to the waypoint you want to skip to. It should be selected in the scratch pad. Then just click on the (LSK button) top waypoint you want to skip past. Exe, or Erase if you don't like it.
IFR routes found here:
http://flightaware.com/statistics/ifr-route/
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