Airline No-Show Policies

The cluster focuses on airline rules that invalidate return tickets if passengers skip the outbound leg, along with discussions on flight cancellations, delays, compensations, and related edge cases like hidden city ticketing.

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jimktrains2 Apr 3, 2018 View on HN

Doesn't the end of this article state that that may not be in effect for extrodinary circumstances out of the airlines' control?

noer Sep 15, 2014 View on HN

airlines will cancel your ticket if you don't get on the plane for the first leg

_xnmw May 29, 2022 View on HN

Doesn't work with every flight number. Not sure what the criteria is.

karmelapple Sep 24, 2025 View on HN

Funny enough, different airlines play by different rules [1]1. https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/airline-cancellat...

kortilla Apr 5, 2020 View on HN

Flights get cancelled all of the time though. That should be built in.

jfoster Jul 24, 2019 View on HN

"What's going on, why have you cancelled so many flights? This isn't how the pass is intended to be used. Please only use it when you are likely to take the flight."

ceejayoz Jul 11, 2023 View on HN

Sure, but then what? In this case, the answer is "of course not, but if you want to go home on our airline, you talk to us first". Not everyone can eat the cost and disruption of a second (urgent!) ticket, and they know that.

faidit Jan 13, 2026 View on HN

Scary.. Did the airline comp you for that?

rhino369 Apr 10, 2017 View on HN

They probably screwed up something. Or a different flight was canceled.

quickthrower2 May 6, 2019 View on HN

Or don't book such a flight in the first place. I guess you can get unlucky and have it changed on you.