Originally Posted by
garykung
In theory, when you buy the ticket, you agree with all terms and conditions including the fare rule. So if you are a no show, CX can in fact charge you the no show fee.
I am not saying CX will do that. In fact, I don't believe CX has ever done it. But given the fact that some airlines have been getting aggressive on this, it is a risk, even remote, that you will have to consider.
That is incorrect. No-show fee is charged as collect (similar to change or cancel fee) when changing ticket you no-showed for. EG ticket 4,000 each way. No show fee 2,000. You consciously miss inbound. You however 3 months later decide you want to fly inbound. If same class etc... is still available you will be able to fly inbound for 2,000-4,000+new portion of inbound fare = so potentially for 2,000 collect you could fly return. this might be less then a single inbound booked separately.
There is no legal basis to charge no-show fee in addition to non-flown leg if you are not re-using the ticket value!