Will an airline verify if a passenger took a flight?
Jul 27, 2015, 4:42 pm
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Will an airline verify if a passenger took a flight?
Not sure where to ask this question -
Is it possible to verify if an employee took a certain flight? I have the flight details and name of the passenger.
Thanks, Will
Is it possible to verify if an employee took a certain flight? I have the flight details and name of the passenger.
Thanks, Will
Jul 27, 2015, 4:57 pm
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Short of asking to see the employee's boarding pass I am not sure you can. Airlines generally do not disclose manifest information.
Jul 27, 2015, 4:58 pm
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Passenger flight verification
not without violating federal law. if you did find a way to do it without the employees permission and it was used against t he employee they could file a federal complaint. if the employee was cooperative they could provide a boarding pass or frequent flyer statement.
Jul 27, 2015, 5:02 pm
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Did you call the airline and tell them the name and flight and ask to verify if the person made the flight OK? It's a stretch but maybe they can tell you "Yes" or "No" without giving details.
Jul 27, 2015, 7:48 pm
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This is something you should resolve with the employee in question. You won't get anything from the airline without a court order, and if it comes to that, I'd say you've already made your decision about that employee.
This is something you should resolve with the employee in question. You won't get anything from the airline without a court order, and if it comes to that, I'd say you've already made your decision about that employee.
Jul 27, 2015, 9:38 pm
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Passenger flight verification
As others have said, if this is an employment issue, you can ask the employee to provide proof in the form of a boarding pass, FFP statement, or ticket receipt showing the leg was flown.
But that is a workplace documentation issue, not something an airline would disclose.
But that is a workplace documentation issue, not something an airline would disclose.
Jul 27, 2015, 9:54 pm
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Welcome to FT, willc549!
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Jul 28, 2015, 11:08 am
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Jul 28, 2015, 11:16 am
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If they are a FTer, you can check their account to see if they got miles. If they didn't, they obviously didn't fly.
Jul 28, 2015, 11:29 am
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Does who paid for the trip matter, regarding federal law? If I buy a ticket for a flight for someone else, don't I have the right to know if that flight was taken of if I'm due a refund?
And does anyone know the specific "law" that prevents release of such information?
And does anyone know the specific "law" that prevents release of such information?
Jul 28, 2015, 11:37 am
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Does who paid for the trip matter, regarding federal law? If I buy a ticket for a flight for someone else, don't I have the right to know if that flight was taken of if I'm due a refund?
And does anyone know the specific "law" that prevents release of such information?
And does anyone know the specific "law" that prevents release of such information?
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Jul 28, 2015, 3:09 pm
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That presumably depends on a) the legal jurisdiction (you don't say where you are, but if you are in the UK, then the DPA would probably be used - correctly or otherwise - by the airlines as a reason for refusing to say); b) the airline, and c) the individual agent you speak to.
Jul 28, 2015, 3:21 pm
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This requires access to the employee's frequent flyer account for the airline in question, including his or her FF number and password. You can't just ask for those, because it would be easier and more straightforward to ask for something like a boarding pass. And you really, really don't want to be caught hacking into employees' frequent flyer accounts. That way lies major trouble.
Jul 28, 2015, 7:48 pm
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I'm not going to comment on the legality of this, but you could use the various ticket refund tools to see if all segments of their ticket have been flown. You will need the ticket number. If they cashed it in and drove instead, the tickets will say exchanged, or refunded vs. flown/used.
Jul 29, 2015, 3:35 am
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