Yesterday there was a report on national geographic channel about

No show airplane fees , when someone not join a flight without chanceling , very high fees will be charged!

In the report was told emirates charge in case of no show 1300 US dollar

How high are charges of other airplanes?

Did someone realy pay ever this realy high fees?

I've never heard of this before, but does seem to be used by some airlines. I guess it's illegal in the US, so you are safe with US based airlines. Interesting article about change fees, last paragraph says this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/map-happy/is-a-noshow-cheaper-than-_b_6401438.html

In fact, the no-show tactic may not work well with foreign airlines. Some foreign carriers charge an actual fee if you don't show up to your actual flight, and you'll lose more than just the value of your ticket. This is fairly understandable, given the value of an empty seat on an international flight. In the States, though, feel free to do whatever you want.

Seems CP has it:

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_SG/travel-information/travel-preparation/travel-advisories/fees-charges-tickets-issued-singapore.html

Crazy. Will have to be more careful in the future!

I've never heard of this before, but does seem to be used by some airlines. I guess it's illegal in the US, so you are safe with US based airlines. Interesting article about change fees, last paragraph says this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/map-happy/is-a-noshow-cheaper-than-_b_6401438.html

In fact, the no-show tactic may not work well with foreign airlines. Some foreign carriers charge an actual fee if you don't show up to your actual flight, and you'll lose more than just the value of your ticket. This is fairly understandable, given the value of an empty seat on an international flight. In the States, though, feel free to do whatever you want.

Seems CP has it:

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_SG/travel-information/travel-preparation/travel-advisories/fees-charges-tickets-issued-singapore.html

Crazy. Will have to be more careful in the future!

I would presume CP will charge those fees together with the refund for unused ticket?

I would assume so!!!

It all depends on what ticket you have bought, a fully flexible First/Business may not have any fees or penalties where as with the cheapest discount economy you could loose your ticket with no refund, depends on the airline. You pay your money you take your chance