What happens if 1 person misses the outbound flight on a return ticket where there are multiple people on the same reservation?
I have bought return tickets for myself and 3 other family members. I have only one reservation number for the 4 of us.
What happens if for instance one of us misses the outbound flight (no show)? The other 3 will fly normally.
Will they cancel the inbound flight for everyone or just the person that missed the flight?
Best Answer
There is a recent discussion about (roughly) this on FlyerTalk - happily also Avianca, from which I conclude your would-be fellow passengers need not fear your depriving them of their seats.
When you try to cancel tickets they are actually processed one at a time (you pay $50 per ticket) ... It should be absolutely not problem to cancel just one of the two tickets. Just call the Avianca call-center and say you wish to cancel a reservation, then explain you wish to cancel only one out of the two passengers.
(scibuff Feb 3, 16, 6:28 pm)
It may be worth contacting Avianca, with a good reason, to see if your return flight could be held for you regardless of a fairly standard sector convention that failing to show up for any one of a series of flights booked as a series will give rise to cancellation of all the remainder of the series.
That is, if you are considering flying out a little later than presently booked but would like to return according to your original schedule.
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Passengers who missed their outbound flight could be stranded at the airport on their return home due to a tiny clause buried in many airline terms and conditions. The little-known 'no-show' rule means your return ticket can be void and sold on without warning if you do not board your outbound flight.What happens if I miss a return flight on purpose?
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