Go Show and No Show

[Cynicor]

Was perusing my fare rules for a Maldives flight and read that "Go Show" is free.

I'd never heard of this term, but a quick google shows that it is like VA's fly forward, where you are allowed to standby for an earlier flight but you keep your booked seat in the case of no earlier flights.

Is this correct? It's such an odd term.

 

[Joshua]

That's the correct term for what you're describing. Not a term I recall reading in many fare rules however.

From IATA:

GOSHO: Go show. A departed passenger that is not shown on a PNL/ADL and does not have an OK ticket. See "Standby".

AND

Standby: Equivalent to the term “Go-Show”. A potential revenue passenger at a designated check-in location and who is prepared to accept space subject to availability (see IATA Resolution 766).

 

[ozbeachbabe]

You see a lot of "goshows" with mining charters etc when pax are told by their company that they're booked on a flight but they're not. The company might even give them an itinerary saying they're booked but somewhere along the line it' been overlooked so they turn up at the airport with no reservation. In most cases a quick call from the airline to the company rectifies the situation when they give the airline authority to put them on the plane.....assuming there's still seats available of course.