2)you assumed that passenger is unfit thus suggesting him/her to try claiming from insurance
3)do you know timetable for commercial are packed back to back? it is almost impossible for a flight to be rescheduled months/weeks before.
the more common delay are circumstances where aircraft condition is unfit for flying is unscheduled maintenance or when you encounter bizarre happenings in aircraft which appears on stomp/NewPaper. By this time,that passenger is not even in the flight
By suggesting TS to try their luck on rescheduling means that passenger insurance is being paid for nothing also,sounds penny wise pound foolish to me
Lol, everytime I ready your response, I laugh so much at the naivety.
2) Don't tell me you have never gotten an MC when you are really not going to die if you go to school or work. As I posted previously, "if you can someone to certify that you are unfit to fly" or travel.
I never assume anything, just based on what TS told me, it is you who assumed.
3) Why not? Been there done that. Booked a round trip when I only needed the one way because they are the same price or round trip was cheaper. Ticket explicitly states no ticket value after flying first leg. Return trip was rescheduled 2 hours later, allowing me to refund half the ticket price back.
If original flyer is willing (for this small chance of delay etc), go airport check in, get boarding pass, then go home. This way, he is not a no show. If happen to get bad delay, which you claim is common, then call in say want refund, or go back to airport say want refund (must check out from flight then refund etc). Just say you getting another carrier as need to get there within xxx timing. As long as plane yet to leave without him, he is not yet a no-show for boarding. If you are paranoid that he is going to get blacklisted, please show proof. Missing connections etc are rather common occurrence and if you thru check your bags, you are already checked in, whether you have the onward boarding pass or not. Thereby, missing the flight but already checked in.
My posts have all been based on whatever is provided by the TS, which as of the latest updated by TS, that buying a ticket is cheaper than name change, not on speculation and rumour-mongering like you.
I'm saying if the price is lower for new ticket, get the new ticket and try for this chance. You are missing the point that you get 0% chance of getting the original ticket money back by changing the existing ticket. Which is not penny-unwise since you are paying lesser already and you still get a chance of getting the original ticket money back, rather than pay more (again penny unwise) and trust some rumour on the internet that you will get blacklisted.
Anyway, if you are so paranoid, kindly call in to cancel the ticket for $0 refund, or maybe you will get back the taxes, like few hours before the flight if there is major foreseeable delay. The point is, to get the cheaper ticket if you can and not change name. Whatever you are speculating that ticket price has already increased or purchase later crap, is still pure speculation. Until TS confirm, it is still pure speculation.
TS saying that one passenger not flying, another one taking over to not waste the insurance. Travel insurance can change name one? Please enlighten (I'm not sure about this). BTW, travel insurance can be refunded for a small admin fee.
edited: By the way, you can post about speculation, rumours and fears all you want. My posts are based on personal experiences, black and white T&Cs with airline etc, let TS or whoever is reading to decide for themselves. I'll not be replying to your posts in this thread anymore, unless TS seeks more advice.
