So I will have a flight from Munich to Istanbul on 28th of May and I need to move my monitor as well. The best solution for me seems to be buying a carrying case and bring it with me to the cabin rather than handing it with my regular luggage or shipping it. I don't trust both my packaging abilities and cargo companies that much though. This wouldn't be a problem in my opinion but I came across some people saying otherwise. Could anybody guide me on this issue, please? Thanks in advance.

What is the best way for us to get to the Hilton Tokyo Odaiba? We arrive around 3PM in the afternoon on a Friday with 1 luggage and 1 carry on bag each for 2 people

Hello everyone!
I’m traveling to Japan from the US, and my airline ticket covers a carry on and a checked bag to and from Japan.
I have a carry on bag, but need to purchase a checked bag: Should I buy it here in the US or get it in Japan? I plan to carry very little to Japan so I’m not worried on that front, it’s coming back that I’m worried because I want to do some shopping. Could I easily get a checked bag in Japan? I will start shopping in Tokyo.
Thanks!

A few questions. I promise I tried looking for answers, but wasn't able to find definitive answers (maybe my google-chi sucks, in which case I apologize).

1. We are a family of 4 (13 and 11 yr old, so relatively self sufficient and can carry their own stuff). Will be connecting through YVR coming from DEN, going to NRT towards the end of November. 1 hr 10 min layover - will we make it? will our luggage make it? I remember YVR US to Int'l connections have to walk quite a bit and have to go through one checkpoint?
   
2. I opened an Aeroplan account to manage my booking a bit better, but the Aeroplan website will not let me add my booking to my Aeroplan profile. It says it can't find it, when I try the "Add booking" feature. It finds the booking on the regular AC website with the booking reference and last name, but not if I try to add it to my Aeroplan profile. Weird? Cause for concern? Should I call AC to fix it, clarify it? I booked it directly on the AC website.
   
3. We are all UA MileagePlus members and I added all of our UA account numbers when I booked it, but on the confirmation emails, the attached itinerary pdf, and when I pull up our booking on their website it only shows my UA#, and not for anyone else. Is this normal?
   
4. Will my UA Silver status get us anything with AC?
   
5. Booked on Economy Class (G). Currently shows 777-300ER plane with lots of space and I was able to get good seats.
   

• Given how empty the planes are showing right now, my guess is they will probably change the plane eventually and we will lose our seat assignments?
  
• Bulkhead seat upgrades are $150/person on the YVR-NRT (daytime, but 10.5 hr flight) and NRT-YVR (8.5 hrs, but its red eye) legs. Are those significantly more spacious? I wasn't able to find anything regard how much extra legroom it actually is.
  
• Thinking of possibly bidding for Premium Economy or possibly Signature class upgrade. Any opinions of one vs the other? Obviously Signature will be better, but how much better? What would you bid for upgrades (keep in mind everything is x 4). Is it better to bid early or wait until later for upgrade bidding with AC?
  

Thanks!

This might be on the fringe for one bag travel however--3 people, and looking for some thoughts on a pretty minimally packed trip with a 3 year old and 2 adults.
17 day trip, and then a stopover on the East coast for a week taking train from JFKCT. Mostly public transit, want to be able to walk from trains to accomodations as needed. We are taking a nonstop to London, then a flight LondonLyon a few days later. After that, trains. Will be staying some places with laundry but the 3 year old can go through a pair of shorts or two a day .
We need to bring a stroller, so I am trying to come up with a setup where one of use can tackle strollekid and the other luggage. We also have a small travel car seat we need to bring that fits in a backpack.

1. Checked Bag: Travelpro Maxlite 5: 25'' or 29" (Concern with 29" is it is giant and we go overweight) with a underseat travelpro bag carried on handle. 2 backpacks.
   
2. Two carryons to be dragged by one person. We may check one carry on if liquids. 2 small daypacks. Could add on the underseat bag since it has a luggage sleeve so doesn't feel like rolling more. Does any brand make carryons that can be stacked on each other??
   

Also, I know EU is stricter on liquids if we don't check and ideally I can pack some toddler meds(Tylenol , allergy pills and epi-pen), I might try to bring chewable pills instead.
Has anyone done a trip with a similarly aged kid? What worked best for you at that age? Would you try to cram everyones stuff in one big bag, or two smaller international carry ons? Pre kid we did Japan for 2 1/2 weeks with a small carry on each.

My family of 3 will be traveling across the US soon. We booked economy seats, not basic economy, so we could choose our seats.
Unfortunately, only middle seats were included in that “choose your own seat” option. The regular economy aisle and window seats available cost an extra $40-$50 because they’re “preferred” seats.
However, since we’re traveling with a young child and with the backlash of separating families and the push from the department of transportation, US airlines for the most part are sitting 1 parent/guardian with their child. So, we were assigned a “preferred” seat and a middle seat next to each other at no extra charge, which our child and I will be sitting in. The other seat was a middle seat a row over. E.g. We had 22B, 22C, and 22E. We decided to purchase the window seat of that same aisle (22F) because the window of our row, 22A, was taken. I tried moving our seats to an empty row but we would be charged for 2 “preferred seats” since the airline gave us one assigned for free, but we can’t change the location or we’ll be charged.
I’m hoping we can ask the person in the window seat (22A) if they’d be willing to switch to 22F. Would that be rude? If they say no, that’s fine, I’m just afraid of being berated for not “planning ahead” even though we tried.
I’m already frustrated because we paid hundreds extra for regular economy on a major US airline instead of flying a cheaper airline or choosing basic economy, specifically so we can choose our own seat like they say you can. Just to see that they now have “preferred” aisle and window seating that cost extra. And not $10-$15 but $50 extra!! If their wasn’t such an outrage and pushback to ensure young children sat with at least one guardian it would probably be an extra $100-$150 on top for us to sit together. And this is regular economy, not preferred! It feels like a bait and switch because when booking it doesn’t tell you that only some economy seats will be available to choose from included in the price. It’s not worth it anymore. Getting charged for luggage, carry on bags, food, drinks and now being charged for wanting to sit in the aisle or window. Ok, now I’m venting.
TLDR: is it rude to ask a window passenger if they would switch with another window passenger on the opposite of the aisle? So our family could sit together?

My significant other’s father recently retired and is taking us all on a trip to Alaska. He booked a trip for us all under the same itinerary through Alaska Airlines. However, my significant other and I live in the city(where we’ll be flying out from), while the rest of the family lives about 3-ish hours away and will be driving in the morning of the flight. We’re both the type of people that like to get to the airport several hours before our flight so we can get through security and such well in advanced to ensure we don’t miss our flight. My question is, if my significant other and I get there before them, can we check in and check our luggage without everyone being there at the same time? Or do we need to wait for everyone to show up before we can check in and check luggage, etc.?

Hi! My family is going to be traveling from Tokyo to Kobe via Shinkansen in a couple weeks. Check out from Tokyo BnB is 10am and my toddler usually naps around 12/1. I've been thinking our best option could be to head to Tokyo station right at check out, put our luggage in lockers and then do some final exploring in that area before we leave Tokyo at around naptime (with the goal/ hope that toddler will sleep on the train ride).
However, with how much luggage we have (3 suitcases - 1 very large, the other two around carry-on size; plus travel crib and stroller), I’m wondering if it will even fit in a coin locker? Or if there will be enough coin lockers for all our stuff? I’ve heard there are other luggage storage options (ecbo cloak? Luggage counters??), but don’t know enough about them to even know what to research exactly or how they compare. There is also TA-Q-BIN luggage forwarding but I’m staying at BnBs, not hotels, and it seems like it may not be possible/easy if the receiving, in particular, is not a hotel (also if it has to be sent the night before we will still have our portable crib with us on the day of travel, plus the stroller and at least one suitcase or bag). SO, given all that, what would you recommend we do with our luggage on our travel day? TIA!

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask - please suggest another sub if it is.
I am relocating overseas and really want to take my PC with me. Its a long flight (Canada to UAE) and I am torn about risking taking apart my PC and putting the parts in my luggage. Carry on is not an option for me. I'll have to put the parts in checked luggage's. I don't have the original boxes either.
Is it worth the risk of boxing these myself? If so, what do you recommend I get to box them safely? Or should I just take the loss of selling it and rebuilding something there.
Parts are Ryzen 5900x, X570 mobo, Ram, M.2, and RTX 3090. I won't take the case or power supply.

Hello all!! Has anyone taken the yeti 60L duffel bag as a carry on. Particularly Southwest Airlines. The dimensions are a tad bigger than their requirements. Thanks again

hello everyone. i am planning a trip for two people to europe in august. we are planning on flying into copenhagen, spending a day or two there, then going to herne, germany, where we are going to a wedding(the reason we're going to europe). after that, we want to try and go to barcelona and italy for a few days each, then fly back to copenhagen to go back home.
a lot of people i have spoken to say to use the trains, but is that good for long distance travel like were doing? we were planning on using those small airlines as we will only have a carry-on each. but any info on the trains is very helpful as i am a little lost.
also, we are considering dropping barcelona since its a little expensive and more out of the way. since this is our first time we are struggling to get it planned well and im just seeking out help here! any info is highly appreciated!

Has anyone had any experience bringing the Osprey Volt 45L as an airline carry-on? It's a little long, but overall doesn't seem any larger than most of the bags people use as carry-ons?

Hello! My spouse and I both have Deep Blue Extras. We will be on a 10 day cruise this summer and have just carry-on luggage. I think we maybe get two free bags of laundry since we are both DBE? Just like we both have gotten $100 bar tab credit on our past cruise. Can anyone confirm if we get 2 free laundry bags as that would be great for such a lengthy trip and we can pack less. Thank you!

We are 10 family members who booked this trip through a tour agency. My dadi(grandmother) is 76 years old with operation in both legs and a 3 year cancer patient. Our tour started at 11th May, 2024. We did the char dham in proper sequence (Yamnoutri -Gangotri- Kedarnath -Badrinath). We had a proper itinerary and online bookings done by the agency.
First we had a hotel booking in Barkot. The hotel was okay. they are extremely possessive about their towels with a rule- 1 towel per room??? I'm with my dadi and aunty in one room. They probably have a laundry problem or something but every single hotel has this nonsense rule. Anyways, next day 5am we left for Yamnoutri. Got stuck in a 5km long jam(Yamnoutri is 35km away) Me and my dad decided to walk it out. We covered 20km by 3pm however it started raining and couldn't continue ahead. We stayed in a tapri for 4 hours until the rain cleared. Our family was still stuck in traffic and hadn't reached even close to us. Now it's 8pm. We were supposed to be done with Yamnoutri and go back to our Barkot hotel. We had to cancel our Barkot bookings(and the hotel manager put all the bags of our 10 people in 1 room messing up everyones luggage). We booked another hotel at Sayanchatti were our family members reached at 11pm. Police management was utterly trash. I think even they were surprised with the amount of overcrowding. Next day we finally reached Yamnoutri. About the trek- the pathway/trail is full of shit. And I mean literally full of horse-poop. There are 700-1000 horses. Even after getting a horse, we had to wait 40mins for parchi and additional 1 hour(while on our horse) because of horse-jam. Yes there is a traffic jam of horses ON THE TREK. We wanted to walk but seeing the people who did walk, I was glad we didn't. The path is almost 3 meter wide with pithu, doly/palki, horses and people walking simultaneously. People who walked got continuously hit by horses and had to dirty their shoes in horse poop. We reached the temple finally, did Pooja, etc and managed to return Barkot where we had to re-book for another night. Our itinerary was already messed up at this point and money was wasted thrice (previous booking unattended in Barkot, the new booking in Sayanchatti and rebooking in Barkot). There is more like the incredibly risky horse route, etc but that's inevitable. I'm gonna continue with Gangotri.
We reached Maneri after struggling in jams for 7+ hours. We also did Uttarkashi before that. Ok so here the police had stopped us at checkpost and said cars are going in batches and if they let us go the jam ahead would only get worse. Now our hotel was 5 minutes(3km) by car from the checkpost. I went walking 3km and reached the hotel and there was absolutely no traffic like we told the police. We even showed them on Google maps. Traffic jams are understandable, but not letting us go after talking to the hotel owner, seeing proof that we won't contribute to traffic, that was a bit triggering. From police side it was just plain dumb. The commisioner there would keep talking his egoistical nonsense, not listening to anyone. Finally the rest of my family reached the hotel. Same issue with towels, rubbish beds, never ending insects and super unclean bathrooms with no pressure in water(flush, jets, bath, basin). Anyways, next day 12am we left for Gangotri with zero sleep because we are already behind our bookings and trying to avoid wasting more money. Got stuck in jam till 6am. [Also another note here, we had 2 private cars and one of the drivers was sleeping drunk and almost hit me and my mom. He hit a tempo traveller and we told him go back to sleep.] Finally reached Gangotri at 5:30pm, did our Pooja and then got in line for Darshan. My dadi and I got into the senior citizen line because she is 76 years old and can barely stand/walk in lines. Tilll now in the trip I don't completely blame the police for what was going on. But here in Gangotri, if anyone is going I am warning you, the police is rubbish. They are rude, tired with the crowd and very harsh and worst of all lazy. When u reach the main statue to go darshan, it's continuous pushing and almost a stampede, you cannot carry a baby or a old person there, they are garanteed to get hurt and the police won't care AT ALL. If you are lucky u might get to see the main statue of Ganga Mata for more than 4 seconds. After that we got back to our hotel in Maneri.
Next day we left for our hotel booking (adjusted by our agency) in Phata-Mankheda. Don't forget to go to Guptkashi before entering Phata. Here too same issues like 1 towel per room, charging points at the most unreachable locations in the room, etc. But this was still better than Maneri. Next morning 3am we left for Sonprayag. There is a line for your registration approval which goes on till Sitapur (2km from Sonprayag). People will continuously try to break and enter the line and there is almost a stampede and lot of heated crowd. After registration, you can go join 1km line for government taxi(50rs per head) from Sonprayag to Gaurikund. Anyways, after reaching Gaurikund there is a 1km inclined gali then the horses start.Remember this part^. So here we again had to take a horse even tho we wanted to trek because at this point we were on 3-4hrs sleep everyday and our mental was very weak. We paid 6000rs per horse because it wasn't morning and the horse owner GARANTEED us all of my family members will be together, there will be one person per horse and that he already has the parchi. 5 of us had taken the horses and others went walking, palki and pithu. This path was again same as Yamnoutri or even worse. More horse-poop than ever, the sweepers there won't care and sweep the trash on you if u r in their way and continue doing so. People working there are literally illustrate and 'gouthi'. The horse owner didn't fulfil his promise either. There was 1 man handling 3 horses. The horses were going anywhere, hitting our legs on railings, other yatris,other horses etc. They told us to get down and walk 50m every time they saw police which is when we understood they didn't make a parchi. When we reached the top they demanded for the full money which they very very very obviously did not deserve for all their lies. When we said take 28k because anyways 2 of their men didn't come. They said give 30k else don't give anything at all. This childish, greedy attitude of theirs was again very triggering. We are not beggars and they are not doing us any favours so we still paid them the full amount. We are on a spiritual journey but since everything is about money from tourism, our spirit kept getting crushed. We had to spend the night at Kedarnath and our agency had booked us a dormitory. I warn anyone booking a dormitory, just don't. 30 unclean, continuously used beds, in one non- ventilation suffocating room with 1 Indian style toilet whose latch doesn't work shared with strangers. And the worst part is it is 1000rs per bed. I wouldn't pay 20rs for this rubbish service. At this point my spirit completely broke and I fell sick. I hadn't eaten anything and didn't want to. Next day my dad and I went down through horse at government rate (2300/). Others came in pithu and trek. Now came the worst part. The overcrord at the narrow 500m gali which i told u to remember above. Oh my God. After 22km Trek you are treated with this 0 management wild crowd. I had to take care of my dadi and fam from getting hurt. After reaching Gaurikund, again another 1.5km line with no special preference for senior citizens. Here people bribed the police 500rs to break and enter the line(happened right in front of me and my phone had no battery) When you reach the taxi finally, everyone tries to enter together and the police are just standing mutes. They are done with this💀. Finally got into the taxi, reached Sonprayag. Had to walk till Sitapur. Got a private taxi from there who demanded unreasonable price.We got mad and told him 4000rs till phata-mankheda(20km) which he then agreed to. Our hotel had changed to the worst possible hell of a hotel ever. I don't even want to talk about it. It has scarred me how people go about their business with 0 standards. At this point we just wanted to go home but Badrinath is left 😭
Ngl Badrinath tour was decent. Our hotel was in Piplakoti. Decent hotel called River view hotel. Roads are good. Only 4 hour line in Badrinath with heated crowd and 5 second darshan. At this point we are used to this so it's ok💀. Police was actually working and managing. Only issue we faced was directions from main road to the mandir and back. At night it gets very confusing.
Now I'd like to add, i haven't taken any names of hotels(except river view) or my tour agency because I don't mean any disrespect.
Uttrakhand is a beautiful beaitiful and amazing place with sceneries and memories I will carry with me forever. The sceneries while going to every dham are different and unique in their own way. Even just traveling from one dham to another by road is an amazing experience(excluding the jams).
I have some opinions- 1. Management is almost non-existent. Meet any Yatri and they will tell you the same. 2. Police are corrupt and lazy. Some try actively but that's like 10% of them. 3. The problem with hotels is that they are all on lease. I'll explain. The owner gives a person say Rahul their hotel on lease and asks for a certain amount per year. Rahul gets paid after that certain amount exceeds. Hotel bookings for char dham 6 months are always full. Rahul will always get this money and hence sees no need to maintain this hotel. So that's that. 4. Uttrakhand runs only and only on tourism and it is obvious. So as an individual tourist, you DO NOT matter. They don't care, they get people continuously. If your booking is cancelled there is always someone else to take it. You cannot talk sense to anyone running any type of service there. 5. Yamnoutri, Gangotri and Kedarnath roads for reaching there are narrow. Government should ban big buses permanently and is the best move they can make. These buses are 80% of the reasons for jams. They are improving roads but it's been 75+ years since independence so idk what they are doing. 6. Government should NOT take registrations when they cannot afford them. 27 Lakh registrations is not a joke. 2.8Lakh people in 4 days is not a joke. No one can manage this amount of people. Have a limit. People are spending lakhs of rupees coming from all over India for this and 90% of it is a bad experience. 7. Don't open all char dham together. This year's main issue was all 4 temples opened at the same date, 10th May. People were already ready and started rushing from 7-8th May. 8. Corruption with the helicopter. Bookings started 4 months ago. Opened the site. Site hanged. After 40mins of reloading, site opened and all bookings were full. All done by agents and sold in black. 9. Roadside parkings along the way to the chat dham also contribute heavily to traffic jams.
Advice for Future Yatris- 1. Don't come in May. I had a compulsion so we had to. But everyone here says that the best months for char dham is September-October before Diwali. 2. If you do come in May, don't do online bookings. You need to be flexible with where you are gonna stay. 3. Carry a towel per person. Hotels are extremely possessive about their towels. 4. Leave early for every dham if you are committed to do all 4 of them. I've seen lot of people give up in jams. 5. Get warm clothes especially lot of socks and bring medicines, etc. Rain coats are ok but u need a poncho. Rain coats don't cover your bagpacks while trekking and even if they do, they will stretch and might tear. 6. Private cars/taxi yatri, spend a bit more and get a comfortable car. You will spend most of the time in your vehicle. Tempo travellers are extremely uncomfortable and avoid them. 7. Take cold water baths at colder places as warm water baths bring the blood vessels to skin level making it more sensitive later. You have to be mentally prepared before taking a cold water bath. 8. Weather changes like anything. Suncap and goggles are a must in day time. 9. If u get sick/stomach upset have black tea and biscuits. 10. Do private Pooja at Badrinath.
Good things- 1. The food is amazing. It's almost as good as homemade food. You can always tell the cook how you like your food. Do try the Vegetable Maggi at highecolder mountains. It's available everywhere. 2. Sceneries are amazing and don't forget to carry a proper camera. Phone tech these days is good too and will make photo-frame photos. 3. You will always find people to talk to. If you happen to find polite people, say the hotel cook or a homeguard or other yatris or anyone at all, you will have a good conversation. 4. The pandits are good and will only ask you to pay them if u want to for the Pooja. Always pay them. 5. No phone range. It's good so you live in the moment and can enjoy the amazing sceneries :)
I'm trying to be completely honest without involving any type of hate here and trying to paint a complete picture of what my journey was like. We had to go over budget(almost double) because we didn't know any of this even after research. Our tour agency didn't warn us about anything either. Only thing that matters is that you enter the holy grounds. You can expect amazing sceneries but not an amazing darshan in May. It's been a bittersweet journey and I am writing this while omw to home. I hope y'all find this helpful and plan accordingly only if you are going in May or peak season. Otherwise you might not face much issues in September. Thank you for reading.

I remember one I watched long time ago, it used to air late at night on cartoon network japan, it's a anthropomorphic Mole on big city, he always carried a luggage behind him and sometimes there was a nasty rival and I talk as in he is a dirty two bit crook-like, I remember this one episode where the mole wanted a big meal but only had money for a Doughnut, then the rival mocked him and went to buy himself a nice meal and didn’t had enough money to pay, resulting him in washing the dishes it ends with the mole showcasing his doughnut proud and free and the rival growling before the restaurant owner literally kick his ass and the animation ends.
there are more episodes but I don’t remember key details to provide and help locate it.

Items celebrate Welsh football team's recent promotion to League One and continued surge in global popularity with the Emmy award-winning show "FX's Welcome to Wrexham" now streaming on Hulu
Amenity kits include travel essentials like an eye mask, toothbrush and toothpaste plus exclusive Therabody products and pajamas designed to resemble the team's uniforms
Starting June 1, new items available complimentary in premium cabins on select flights – part of United Airlines' broader Wrexham AFC sponsorship
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United Airlines today debuted new, limited-edition Wrexham AFC amenity kits and pajamas to celebrate the football team's recent promotion to League One and continued surge in global popularity with the Emmy® award-winning show "FX's Welcome to Wrexham" now streaming on Hulu.
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These items are part of the airline's broader Wrexham AFC sponsorship.
Starting June 1, travelers flying in United's premium cabins on long-haul international routes will receive the complimentary Wrexham AFC-inspired amenity kits filled with travel essentials like an eye mask, toothbrush and toothpaste as well as exclusive Therabody skincare products. United Polaris® customers on flights 14 hours or longer will also receive pajamas designed to resemble the team's uniforms, of which United is a front-of-jersey sponsor, including a long-sleeve Wrexham red shirt and gray pants.
United and Wrexham AFC collaborated to design the amenity kits and pajamas, which can be viewed above and at the bottom of this post, drawing inspiration from the team crest, jerseys and overall look and feel. The offerings include:

• United x Wrexham AFC Amenity Case: For United Polaris business class travelers, the reusable toiletry case features the Wrexham crest and is available in red, black or white. The case includes a top handle, wrap-around zipper and loop to hang the bag on a hook for convenience.
• United x Wrexham AFC Amenity Pouch: For United Premium Plus® travelers, the reusable zippered pouch also features the Wrexham crest and is available in red, black or white. The slim pouch fits easily into a carry-on bag.
• United x Wrexham AFC Pajamas: Available to United Polaris business class travelers on flights 14 hours or more, the lightweight pajama set includes a red, long-sleeve shirt with the Wrexham AFC and United logos on the front, designed to resemble the team jersey, plus gray pants with the United logo on the hip.

Inside every amenity kit, passengers will find a United-exclusive Therabody hand cream, lip balm and cleansing towelette plus travel essentials including a bamboo toothbrush, toothpaste, eye mask, ear plugs and socks. In addition, inside every United Polaris kit, passengers will also find a Therabody eye serum, face spray, tissues and a United pen.
"With our amenity kits, we always aim to provide customers with products that make their travel journey more comfortable as well as create one-of-a-kind keepsakes for them to enjoy well beyond their flight," said Peter Wolkowski, Director of Onboard Product Design at United. "Wrexham's story is one that has been documented and celebrated these last few years, so we're thrilled to now give United customers team-branded gear they won't be able to find anywhere else."
United is giving fans more access to Wrexham AFC during the club's 2024-2025 season – its second year partnering with the team. As the front-of-jersey sponsor for the men's and women's teams, the United name and logo emblazons the front of the Wrexham AFC shirts during games. The airline will also sponsor the club's North American summer tour including flying the teams to games and providing MileagePlus members exclusive offerings.
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United x Wrexham Premium Plus Amenity Kit
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Hello, this is my first post here! I am looking for advice. Me and my gf are abroad on a trip. Her flight is tomorrow and mine is in a week. Flight home is going to be long and tiring and my gf isn't the most experienced when it comes airports. Untill recently all her flights were with me or with some other friends, never solo. This flight she will be on her own. Granted she already flew solo once (to get where we are now) but it was from our home city: she had the extra comfort of everything being in our language. Now she will gave to get through the airport and board the plane and fly all alone. So to help her out at least a little bit I purchased a flight from the same airport, terminal and in similar timing as hers flight. My idea is to go through security and the rest of airport shenanigans with her and once she gets on the plane I wanted to just leave the airport. How should I go about it? I know that no-showing is a daily occurance and airlines even account for it overbooking certain flights.
So should I give people on the airport heads up that they shouldn't expect me to board the plane? Obviously I won't be checking in any luggage so they shouldn't even notice I'm not there, right? Right? I just want to help my gf get on the plane and not cause problems.
EDIT: I am in Japan and my gf's flight is back to Europe. Ticket I bought to access the airport is a domestic flight to another japanese city.