"Fake" delay: possible?
 

I have a flight that leaves on Saturday, but I'd like to stay at my location until Sunday. What is an airline's policy if you "get caught in traffic," "have your shuttle van break down" or "oversleep due to a broken alarm clock"? Will they typically rebook you for free? Also, will they require proof of your shuttle van breaking down, etc.?

Thanks so much!

They don't have to rebook you for free. Can you imagine if everyone was allowed to use some lame-@#$ excuse to get out of paying a change fee?

Alarm clock broken? Guess you should have bought a reliable one. It isn't the airlines problem if you fail to get to the airport in time, nor should it be.

Why not just do the honest thing, call the airline and tell them you want to fly out the next day? You may have to pay a change fee, but it is better than the airline cancelling your return leg for you not showing up.

Many airlines follow the "flat tire rule," putting you on the next possible flight if you show up within two hours of your original scheduled departure. That wouldn't help you, though.

I agree: best thing to do is be honest and take the outcome.

(I one made a 12-hour mistake, reading AM for PM, and was accommodated - but that was a long time ago, things have tightened up across the industry since, and I had what was then the airline's top status to help.)

what airline?.....you might get some 1st hand info.....good luck...

Hope for snow at home, then you can change without paying a fee

Because you don't mention where you're located, everybody assume you're in the US (and you probably are), but if you're not, even the "flat tire rule" is not there, you just need to be on time...

+1 for calling the ariline and being honest.

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Mis vuelos desde México

use your chits wisely...
 

each of us, when we are born, are given a finite number of "i overslept" chits. and when they are gone, they are gone, so use them wisely.

also, are you familiar with the concept of karma? if you do this and they accommodate you, bear in mind that for the next 6 months:

a) any car you are driving will be snarled in a 12 hour traffic jam

b) any shuttle van you step into will inexplicably break down

c) and every alarm clock you own will cease to work


but yeah, go for it!

And people wonder why the airlines get hard-nosed about enforcing certain rules. :rolleyes: