Originally Posted by
Rasmus
I still don't understand what would happen if I were to honestly miss a flight, like if I got sick or lost track of time. Would I still loose all my return flights? It seems a bit excessive for a human mistake. Could there really not be a loop hole somewhere there?
Airline agents are humans too and may take pity of you and rebook the flight you missed for free, but you need to have a good excuse (other than getting drunk in the airport bar, falling asleep or simply just trying to avoid flying the segment). But also in case of missing the flight because of sickness or misconnecting at a transfer point, you will in principle no-show and the remaining segments become void (however, often agents rebook the segment in question and thereby prevents the ticket getting voided). Even if your ticket has been voided due to no-show the airline may decide to reinstate it or - as said before - to rebook you to the next flight to your destination. Excessive? Yes, but that is why you should take out travel insurance.