The main goal of this assignment is to take a given problem and analyze the problem in a computational way. Although the assignment does not specifically ask you to decompose, recognize patters, abstract the important parts, or build a step by step algorithm, utilizing these techniques will make this assignment much easier and your answers clearer. You are to write a brief report concerning the problem of implementing a system that manages flight tickets. The flight ticket system needs to be able to handle making reservations, cancelling reservations, and dealing with customer interaction. The report will consist of 4 sections: 1. Questions about the problem. a. You need to come up with 6 questions that would need to be addressed when designing your flight management system. These questions may be things such as; "What needs to be recorded when taking a reservation?" or "What happens when a current flight reaches capacity?" 2. Description of the problem. a. Your description of the problem should summarize all essential aspects of the problem. Your description of the problem should be specific enough that it is useful for shaping a solution. 3. Answers to the 6 questions given in part 1. a. These answers should contain enough information to make your solution take shape. The more detail your answers have the easier it will be to describe the solution. 4. Description of the solution. a. Your description of the solution should summarize all important aspects of the solution. Your description of the solution should be specific enough that it could be used by competing companies to supply a quotation to develop the solution.

Question : If a passenger does not show up or misses the flight, could they get a refund?

Answer : In this case, at most the airport taxes will be refunded.

Description of the answer: Considering all the aspects, a plane flying at less than full seats is a waste of money. This is because the airlines run at a profit of as little as 1%. One vacant seat could cause a big loss. In order to prevent this from happening, flights are over booked, so that if a passenger informs their absence then, the seat could be allotted to another passenger from the waiting list. This is why in case of an uninformed absence, the flight charges cannot be refunded at all. Hence only airport taxes could be refunded.

Other Ideas for the answer are given below:-

It solely depends upon the airline policies if a ticket would be refunded or not. These policies are made available to the passenger at the time of booking.

There are two kinds of prices, for the two kinds of tickets-refundable and non-refundable, at the time of booking. To get a refundable ticket, passenger is required to pay extra 10%-30% amount, of the original price. The tickets are refunded only if a cancellation is made 2 hours prior take off. Usually, domestic flights are non-refundable.