Originally Posted by
erea
My wife and I have a round-trip flight from SLC to Maui next week in Delta One. A last minute change is causing me to have to fly to Japan straight from Maui so I won't be on the return flight. We have a friend that will be on the return flight from Maui in comfort+ but I want to let her sit in my Delta seat.
I know the ticket is non-transferable, but can anyone think of a way to make this happen?
One idea I had was to have my wife scan both of our boarding passes at the gate and then just have our friend sit in my seat. Will this cause major problems?
Nothing wrong with switching seats among yourselves when 3 are ticketed and 3 are flying. But when 3 are ticketed and 2 are flying, the person whose boarding pass was NOT scanned will be marked a no-show and her bags (if any) will be removed from the flight delaying everyone.
Not to mention that it is fraud to board an airplane under someone else's name while also simultaneously telling the airplane that you are a no-show. Violation of the contract of carriage to say the least.
It's no longer
your D1 seat if you are not flying in it.