Standby (air travel)

As the flight booking to secure your reservation for a particular flight is called a fee. In contrast to the railway, which is usually a trip can be started at short notice and a ticket may be partly acquired even after departure, this is not possible for a flight. The associated with the acquisition of the flight booking flight tickets is bound to a particular connection, characterized by a flight date, flight route and flight number. A concrete patio can usually only in connection with the acquisition of the entry into the booked flight standing by airplane qualifying boarding pass be reserved, as it often is not fixed until relatively late, which aircraft or aircraft type the airline for specific flight will use.

Flight booking is possible in the following ways:

• Over a Desk or a branch of the airline
• Through a travel agent (or with companies on a corporate travel department )
• Via the Internet ( often the only way for a low-cost airline )
• Telephone ( for regular customers )
• Over mail

Reservation systems

Many airlines and travel agencies are connected to a central computerized airline reservation systems. Worldwide there are four privately operated hotel reservation systems have been established with a significant market share. They read in alphabetical order: Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan. These dominant positions can be connected for the flight customers with the disadvantage due to the force between the travel agency or the airline and the reservation system business conditions are not always offered offered on the open market cheapest flights to get (oligopolistic nature of the reservation system ). In that regard, it is recommended to carry out their own price comparisons with the help of the Internet and the desired best flight if necessary to book immediately online at the provider company.

Transfer

Depending on the chosen tariff or Class it is possible to book the ticket, ie it becomes valid for another flight. This can be a cost, but which must be noted on the ticket.

Waiting list ( stand-by )

If desired by the passenger transport category booked on a flight, so he can use to classify chronologically for scheduled flights on a waiting list. The inclusion in the waiting list are not entitled to transportation to the desired flight path. Then step passengers with a confirmed booking of this back or do not appear in time for check-in, so the waiting list bookings are confirmed in the order of entry. This can often be done until shortly before departure. Customers with frequent flyer status often receive priority waitlist, ie their waiting list booking is preferred confirmed.

May register in such a waiting list too, who would like to take significant discounts of the airline by the airport until shortly before departure waiting and hoping that a passenger plane is not fully booked completely, so that it this flight at the airport on stand can Book -by basis. However, a stand-by booking always carries the risk that so many buyers are entered shortly to place priority on the waiting list (see above) that all the seats are occupied until shortly before departure. A stand-by flight is not to be confused with the cheap last minute offers, the longer time before departure, sometimes even weeks can be booked at particular charter airlines or tour companies usually before.

Overbooking

As it always happens that passengers do not take an already booked flight (no-show ), it is common for airlines to confirm flights for more bookings, as spaces are available. This Usance based on observations and computer analyzes for the particular route. That is, on a route, the overbooking be, for example, only five percent of the available seating capacity, but on another 20 percent.

Can not be taken on the flight booked by him a passenger with a confirmed flight

• The airline is obliged to transport the passenger to his destination as quickly as possible
• The passenger has - if start or end goal of its flight within the EU is - Right to Compensation under the passenger EC Regulation
• Has the passenger may be entitled to other damages.