Can a CP fly if the base ticket no shows?
Apr 26, 2018, 7:21 am
#1
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Can a CP fly if the base ticket no shows?
I am flying on as my wife's companion. If her plans change and she buys another ticket on a different day, will I be able to fly if we do not cancel her original ticket that my CP is attached to?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Apr 26, 2018, 8:40 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Both the Member and the Companion must be booked on the same flights and dates. If the Member’s ticket is cancelled, the Companion’s ticket will also be cancelled. If the Member changes his/her ticket, the Member must also change the Companion’s ticket to match the Member’s ticket changes or the Companion’s ticket will be cancelled. If the Companion is not traveling with the Member, the Companion will be required to pay for his/her ticket. The Member and the Companion must check in together
Apr 26, 2018, 8:47 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2017
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I believe that if the companion is on the plane and the passholder isn't (a companion boarding pass is scanned and the passholder's isn't), they double check to make sure they didn't miss the passholder and then remove the companion.
Apr 26, 2018, 9:06 am
#7
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If the Companion is not traveling with the Member, the Companion will be required to pay for his/her ticket. The Member and the Companion must check in together
Apr 26, 2018, 9:45 am
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Apr 26, 2018, 9:03 pm
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Here is the "be real careful" part of this whole thing. This is all against rules and laws, but...
You need YOUR boarding pass to get through security.
You need ALMOST ANY boarding pass to get on the plane.
So, if you were able to board with HER boarding pass, you could then log in and cancel your ticket,even though it was free.
You need YOUR boarding pass to get through security.
You need ALMOST ANY boarding pass to get on the plane.
So, if you were able to board with HER boarding pass, you could then log in and cancel your ticket,even though it was free.
Apr 26, 2018, 9:27 pm
#12
Join Date: May 2005
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Here is the "be real careful" part of this whole thing. This is all against rules and laws, but...
You need YOUR boarding pass to get through security.
You need ALMOST ANY boarding pass to get on the plane.
So, if you were able to board with HER boarding pass, you could then log in and cancel your ticket,even though it was free.
You need YOUR boarding pass to get through security.
You need ALMOST ANY boarding pass to get on the plane.
So, if you were able to board with HER boarding pass, you could then log in and cancel your ticket,even though it was free.
Apr 26, 2018, 10:05 pm
#14
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Please try it and report your results. It's not as if Southwest could ask every passenger for an ID, then remove the companion and cancel the CP holder's Rapid Rewards account and confiscate all his points, right?
Apr 26, 2018, 10:30 pm
#15
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 4,877
if this post is serious, which I doubt, may I suggest that modern aircraft have PA systems that allow for paging of PAX? And if said PAX doesn’t answer the page (typically by ringing the call button), I can only imagine what will ensue for the PAX and the CP holder.