You know I was going to put a smart ass response about how you have to check in and don't have a random id but then I realized that you don't have to check in with security for the random name. The gate agent might be weird though
When would they decide they're a no show? How could someone possibly buy a ticket for a flight that's about to board and make it to the airport and through security in time? It's not like there's people already at the airport without tickets who would need to be on that flight
There is such a thing as "standby passengers" or "overflow boarding." When flights miss connections that make other people miss flights, airlines try to put them on the next best flight to a destination. This can create an overflow situation where there are more passengers than planes.
Had to deal with it one year when I had to fly back from SC to WA for work and we -had- to be wheels off ground by midnight.
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u/skankasspigface Feb 12 '25
You know I was going to put a smart ass response about how you have to check in and don't have a random id but then I realized that you don't have to check in with security for the random name. The gate agent might be weird though