What happens if I miss one of my flights?

If you missed your flight due to traffic, the airline may label you as a no show and cancel your entire itinerary. This is why it is important to call ahead and see if you can be rebooked on another flight so that you can still fly. Chances are, you will need to pay the rebooking fee.



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Most airlines don't charge an outright fee for missed flights. Of course, that doesn't say anything about the lost value of your unused ticket. But you don't have to worry about additional fees on top of the original cost of your flight.

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Generally speaking, whenever you book a flight on any airline, it treats the trip as one, complete itinerary. If you then don't show up for any portion of it, the rest of the unflown flights will be cancelled and then subject to a change fee and possible fare difference if you then try to rebook.

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If you know you can't make a scheduled flight, it's better to cancel your flight rather than be a no-show. If you cancel, you might receive a partial or whole credit for the fare purchased, to be applied to a future flight.

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No Show Fee means the customer's failure to be present at the Agreed Location at the Agreed Time; Sample 1.

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It makes sense, because the practice saps revenue from them on two fronts: Not only do passengers underpay — potentially by hundreds of dollars per ticket — but the seat on the tossed leg also could have been sold to someone else. Most contracts of carriage from major airlines expressly forbid skiplagging as a result.

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Throwaway ticketing is purchasing a ticket with the intent to use only a portion of the included travel. This situation may arise when a passenger wants to travel only one way, but where the discounted round-trip excursion fare is cheaper than a one-way ticket.

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If you skip the first flight, your return flight also gets cancelled. To avoid that, don't ever skip a flight on a return flight.

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Top 10 I Missed My Flight Excuses
  • The traffic got me stuck.
  • Lost the boarding pass!
  • The security lines had you delayed.
  • You didn't hear the boarding calls.
  • Terminals changed unexpectedly.
  • You had a hangover.
  • You couldn't find the right parking space.
  • Your tire burst.


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Skiplagged flights recapped
However, it doesn't come without potential consequences. Airlines have tightened their regulations to explicitly forbid hidden-city ticketing. If you break the rules enough, the airline might end up sending you a bill or even taking you to court to recuperate the savings.

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Canceling one leg of a flight can result in consequences, such as a forfeiture of the remaining portion of your ticket, a fee for the cancellation, or a change in the fare for the remaining leg of the flight.

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A ghost fare (also known as a phantom fare) is when a flight appears a certain price on an aggregator or OTA, but is actually more expensive when you proceed to book the flight.

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The good news is that hidden city ticketing isn't illegal. The bad news is that you can get in trouble with airlines for hidden city ticketing, as it does violate the contract of carriage you agree to when booking a ticket.

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Airlines claim throwaway ticketing is illegal, and they sometimes prosecute customers they catch, confiscate loyalty points, suspend their frequent-flyer program memberships or even sue them.

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Simply, it's booking a flight from Airport A to Airport C and getting off at a layover at Airport B. People can save hundreds of dollars doing this because a nonstop flight is more expensive than booking one with a layover in the intended-destination city.

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