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What makes you think that by buying a ticket you're now under contract to board the plane?

• DanBC 8y ago
  That the contract you've entered into explicitly says this.
• detaro 8y ago
  You are not under contract to board the plane, but the contract says if you do not board the plane without a good excuse you agree to pay the difference.
• teraflop 8y ago
  When you buy a ticket on Lufthansa you're required to agree to their conditions of carriage, which include this language: > 5.6. A service charge may be payable by any passenger who: > 5.6.1. fails to arrive for departure at the airport or any other point of departure by the time we have specified (or if no time has actually been specified, with insufficient time to permit completion of official formalities and departure procedures) and, as a consequence, does not use the seat for which a reservation has been made
• johannes1234321 8y ago
  The terms state that you have to take the flight or might be required to pay compensation. Mind the situation for the airline: the passenger is checked in, which means they have to call them out and wait for them on boarding and probably double check that they don't have stored luggage, which causes delays, thus cost to the airline.