using one leg of a RT to save money
Feb 18, 2016 | 4:31 am
#16
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If you cancel the airline can call out a repricing of the original ticket to a OW fare. Theoretical they could do the same for a no-show but I have never heard of that while there have been more than enough occasions where the carrier acted on a cancellation - plus often enough there is a cancellation fee on European carriers,
Feb 18, 2016 | 4:50 am
#17
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If you cancel the airline can call out a repricing of the original ticket to a OW fare. Theoretical they could do the same for a no-show but I have never heard of that while there have been more than enough occasions where the carrier acted on a cancellation - plus often enough there is a cancellation fee on European carriers,
That's my understanding at least. Had a no-show on an EK ticket (outbound though) few years ago and was refunded minus the no-show fee and cancellation fees.
Feb 18, 2016 | 7:16 am
#18
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Airlines always overbook on the assumption that a certain fraction of folks with reservations won't show up. They have excellent historical data in this regard, but - unless the reason was something like a delayed inbound flight on the same airline - they don't know why, and they don't care. All you're doing by not showing up is giving them another data point for the future. That person who desperately wants to get on the flight already has a ticket, will be at the airport, and will get on the plane if you don't. Please don't worry about a poor soul being stranded.
Feb 18, 2016 | 10:16 am
#19
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The airline likely already has sold that seat, by not showing up there's one less person who will need to be offered compensation for getting bumped.