What to do about noshows?

[MEL_Traveller]

Is this not the case already (other than for flex fares)? It should be.


Agree, but I feel this is a small proportion of cases.

I think it depends on the airline, the gate agent, and the reason for the ‘no show’.

If the gate agent has the f,exibioity, and the reason is genuine, airlines can rebook pax free of charge on to a later flight.

 

[VPS]

Ryanair is trying to get it's money back for unruly passengers - I suspect no shows would be treated poorly

Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles

Mike Johns was on his way to the airport when the Waymo robotaxi began circling a parking lot non-stop

www.bbc.com

 

[Quickstatus]

Not sure on the bag thing. Many flights are by weight limit, not bag limit, and many people would pack 2x10ish in than 1 even 23kg

QF2 so it's not North America which means luggage allowance is weight based with no limit on pieces.

The real question is, is it really essential to offload their luggage?

Good question, but thems the current rules. By extension, we can also question the entire "security arrangements" at airports.

I think that’s right… multiple safeguards. A passenger not showing up after they have checked bags should be a flag for risk.

I have twice arrived in Sydney (my destination) on a QF9 A380 LAX-MEL because of fog in MEL. Both times I was allowed to disembark without my bags which continued on QF9 , then was put on a MEL-SYD then couriered to me at home.

The difference my scenario and this one is that there was no way I could have predicted being separated from my bags whereas passengers could plan to be separated from their bags at transit point - hence the offload there.

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Private companies do not have the legal ability to impose a fine then no. They can sue in court though.

If passengers have to reimburse the airline for costs, then the airline should have to reimburse the passenger for their costs for delays and cancellations. What's good for the gander...

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Though I understand these are/were transit passengers?. Did they travel on the initial sector on the same aircraft?.

I have twice arrived in Sydney (my destination) on a QF9 A380 LAX-MEL because of fog in MEL. Both times I was allowed to disembark without my bags which continued on QF9 , then was put on a MEL-SYD then couriered to me at home.

‘Involuntary’ that the plane landed in SYD.

Transit pax failing to re board are still ‘voluntary’.

Was just doing some digging in this. The US has federal regulations that require positive bag matching for international flights. Apparently the ‘rule/regulation?’ is an ICAO one, and states that bags cannot be allowed to fly unless they are identified as unaccompanied and have been properly security searched or cleared. I guess Australia and other countries that subscribe to ICAO also has a matching requirement.

In the case of a no show, why would an airline bother searching the bag? Might as well just off load it.

Domestically the TSA seems confident of its explosives detection, so will allow bags to fly without the passenger.

 

[Quickstatus]

‘Involuntary’ ...'voluntary’.

Yes , sorry my post was edited in the time you posted this.