Difference between after departure cancellation and no show

12/1/2015 6:45:29 PM

The term “departure” in this context refers to the departure of the first flight on the ticket.

Thus “before departure” is before you have flown any segments on the ticket. “After departure” is after you’ve flown any segment.

So say you have a ticket that has a flight on the 3rd of December, and a return flight on the 7th of December. If on the 1st of December you decide to change any of the details of the flight, the “before departure” rules will apply. If instead on the 4th of December you decide to change your return flight, the “after departure” rules will apply.

In this case the change fee is the same for both before and after departure, but it’s likely the rest of the conditions are different (eg, the way that the new fares would be calculated)

“No-show” is not related to the above, and simply means that you fail to show up for one of the legs of your flight. It doesn’t matter if this is the first leg, the last, or anything in the middle.

12/1/2015 5:40:19 PM

You will pay one of the penalties (either the cancel or the no-show). Which one depends on the situation. You do not ever want to be a no-show. Your ticket has unusually generous terms; most tickets today have a penalty if cancelled or changed, but are void (lose all value) if you no-show.

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you will not make a flight (e.g., stuck in traffic, flat tire, inbound flight delay, stuck at connecting airport), call the airline. In many cases, you won’t even be charged the change fee (especially if it’s a situation out of your control) and you will be rebooked on a different flight. The exception to calling ahead is if you are in the U.S. flying on a domestic airline and will arrive at the airport (via car or train, not another flight) too late to clear security and board. In this situation, the phone agent is likely to charge you the change fee, so you are better off going to the airline ticket counter in the airport and hoping for treatment under the “flat tire” policy, under which an airport agent may rebook you on a different flight without charge.

12/1/2015 3:58:48 AM

The difference is notification.

If you call / contact them and cancel your flight(s) then the penalty would be AED 200 if you notify them before you take any of the ticketed flights or AED 200 if you cancel after you started (ie cancel your return flight and come home another way). For this particular fare the penalties are the same, but that is not always the case, hence why they list them separately.

If you do not show up for your flight and did not contact them in advance to let them know you are not flying, then it is considered a No Show, in which case the AED 400 penalty would be applied to any refund you might be eligible for.

If you have another flight / ticket which is delayed causing you to miss the above referenced flight, it will still be considered a No Show, but the airline may take the situation into account and perhaps offer the lower penalty.

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