American Airlines No-Show?
I bought an American Airlines ticket a few weeks ago One-Way for May 30th, due to unfortunate instances I have to reschedule my flight to the 21st. I paid $149 for my ticket on the 30th. When I checked on reservations and attempted to have my flight changed, I realized that in order to change my flight I would have to pay $184 plus the $200 for changing flight fee which ultimately costs me an extra $384. I found another ticket a few days later of the 21st costing $125. I'm thinking that instead of paying the $384 for the flight change, I do a "no-show" to my flight on the 30th and just purchase the ticket that costs $125. What I'm unsure of is if American Airlines has a "no-show" policy that will then try to charge me for missing the flight. Will American Airlines charge me for not showing up to my flight?
You have to buy flight insurance, which covers cancellations. If you don't do that, tickets can be rescheduled, but not cancelled.
Always buy flight insurance. That one time you need to cancel, you'll find no sympathy. Your empty seat otherwise still costs the airline money and you just prevented it from being filled by someone else.
It may feel great to "take on the greedy corporations," but 1) they win and 2) they run on paper-thin margins in major bulk and that's how it works. If they just let people do whatever they wanted, they'd go broke.
No
They won't charge you extra for not showing up, but they most likely are not going to refund your money either.
If you got a round trip ticket, though, they are also going to cancel your return flight if you miss your first flight.
UPDATE: Yes, I missed the one way part, so the last sentence doesn't pertain to your particular situation.
There's no charge for failing to show. There's also generally no fee for just cancelling your flight, which would open up your seat for someone else. The charge is a change fee, and is applied if you try to modify your reservation.
Ehh
No they won't charge you, but you might as well cancel the reservation, so your seat is released.
If you cancel the flight, they may allow you to use the money you paid as a credit toward a trip in the future- within the next year.
No airline charges you for not showing up for a flight. That happens all the time.
With flights so full these days, they will probably be able to sell that seat again to some other traveler. Instead of being mad, they will be happy to make twice as much for one seat.
Make a YouTube video. Someone from the airline is bound to beat you for no reason and drag you across the floor. You might make millions from the ordeal
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