Originally Posted by
christep
I've never done it on a OWE, but I have done it on other flexible tickets, and there was no problem and no charge. They can't regard you as a no show since you are at the airport, and there is no rebooking fee other than for no shows.
Interesitng are you technically a no show if you don't board the plane after checking in?
I agree with you that there would be dozens a day at big airports - nervous fliers "backing out", people getting ill after clearing customs, bad news from departure point that requires you to stay etc etc All will have an escorted back door pathway for this. Not and exact example but equivalent is that in HKG for example on long transits you can arrive from int'l destination (probably not possible to arrive from a domestic location in HKG - side issue?), transit up to the lounge (drop off carry on's etc), then get a pass from the lounge allowing you back downstairs to the incoming immigration area (you just walk back through a side lane of the transit point), head off to Central for the day on the express and then back through outgoing immigration. Done it plenty of times - the Wing is great but there's only so much time I desire to spend in any lounge.