Timeline for What can I do with a plane ticket that won't be used?
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| Nov 17, 2015 at 17:29 | comment | added | Burhan Khalid | I suppose you are right and I guess that would work for a domestic flight; however the OP is on an international long haul - doubt that trick would work. | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 16:51 | comment | added | reirab | @BurhanKhalid Many (most?) airlines these days allow online check-in. In those cases, it would be trivially easy to check-in both tickets. At least here in the U.S., that's the normal way to check in for reservations with multiple people traveling. If you didn't tell them, they wouldn't know the other person was "no-show" until everyone was on board and they were still waiting on that person. | |
| Nov 16, 2015 at 15:17 | comment | added | Burhan Khalid | This person's situation is just as if you were a no-show. If you are a no-show, the airline doesn't owe you anything if they resell the seat. Further, airlines need to consolidate the number of passengers with the number of check-ins (its part of the manifest which is required on a commercial flight). So believe me, the airline will know before anyone else if a seat is vacant - to start off with they will know the person never checked in, if they didn't then the seat is automatically released. | |
| Nov 16, 2015 at 14:55 | comment | added | Dean MacGregor | He could definitely check in with the second ticket. Whether or not the gate agent will scan the extra ticket to signify the seat isn't available is, of course, an open question. I feel like if you play on their sympathy then you'd have a good chance. On the other hand if they don't let you an do fill the seat then, depending on the laws, they might be entitled to a refund since they successfully resold the seat. | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 20:33 | history | answered | Burhan Khalid | CC BY-SA 3.0 |