How do I give someone else my plane ticket?

How Can I Transfer a Flight Ticket to Another Person?
  1. Go to the airline's official webpage.
  2. Open the Manage Booking Page or Reservations button.
  3. Click on Modify or Change.
  4. Enter the person's name on whom you wish to transfer the ticket.




In the vast majority of cases, you cannot simply give your plane ticket to someone else. Most airline tickets are non-transferable and tied to the specific name and passport details provided at booking. Due to international security laws and anti-scalping regulations, airlines rarely allow a full name change. If you cannot travel, your best option is usually to cancel the ticket for a travel credit (minus a change fee), which you can sometimes use to book a new flight for another person if the airline's "Travel Bank" rules permit it. Some low-cost carriers (like Ryanair or EasyJet) do allow name transfers for a substantial fee that often exceeds the original ticket price. For major carriers like Delta or United, if you made a small typo, they will fix it for free, but they will not allow a complete change of identity on the reservation.

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Are Plane Tickets Refundable? Most airlines offer a choice between refundable and non-refundable airline tickets. Refundable tickets tend to be much more expensive. Non-refundable tickets are often cheaper, but they do carry risks.

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In most cases, the person who purchased the ticket would need to make any changes or cancellations. However, it's always a good idea to check with the airline or travel agency directly to see what options may be available.

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The cost of changing the name on your flight ticket will depend entirely on the airline. Some airlines allow one free correction per ticket. Others will charge a “correction fee” or a “change fee” that can range from $50 to $200.

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What's really happening is that airlines want to control their revenue. In the days when you could transfer tickets, consolidators would scoop up the cheap ones and resell them, negating the airline's ability to move the ticket price around as demand ebbed and flowed.

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Yes, although every airline's policy is different, it will almost always cost to transfer an airline ticket to another person. Sometimes, the cost of transferring a flight ticket to someone else can actually be more expensive than purchasing an entirely new ticket.

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Some examples of airlines that offer transferable airline tickets include easyJet, Ryanair, WestJet and Vueling. As mentioned, airlines that offer transferable airline tickets are usually low-cost. However, this does not mean that ALL low-cost airlines offer transferable airline tickets. In fact, most don't.

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Covered reasons for Trip Cancellation
  • Medical reasons (unforeseen ailment, injury or death in the family)
  • Inclement weather or natural disasters (tropical storms, hurricanes, etc.)
  • Terrorist attack (in or around where you're planning to visit)
  • Financial default (of a carrier)
  • Involuntary layoff or termination.


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As long as your ticket has been purchased at least seven days before departure, airlines must offer one of two things: you can either hold the ticket without paying for 24 hours or purchase and cancel the ticket within 24 hours and receive a full refund.

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How to know if you purchased refundable American Airlines tickets or not
  1. Viewing fine print on your original booking confirmation email.
  2. Calling American Airlines Reservations at 800-433-7300.
  3. Logging into your American Airlines account to see your booking details.


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When Can You Transfer a Plane Ticket to Someone Else? To transfer your plane ticket, you're required to cancel the original ticket and pay the cancelation fee and the ticket issued for the same location will be rebooked. You can make such changes when the booking is done in advance.

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If you purchased a round-trip flight and need to change the first leg to a different day, your best bet will likely be to pay the change fee and book a new flight. If you only need to change the return portion of a round trip, however, it may be cheaper to book a new one-way flight than to pay the cancellation fee.

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Yes. The name submitted on your airline reservation must be an exact match to the name you provided on your application. If you use a frequent flyer account or online travel profile, ensure that your name is properly saved.

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If airline tickets could be transferred from one passenger to another, it would create a secondary market for tickets that would undermine the airline industry's entire business model, which is to discount advance-purchase fares bought by tourists and raise the price of a tickets typically bought by business travelers.

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