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> BA's service had a greater number of passengers who booked a flight and then failed to appear than any other aircraft in their fleet. All Concorde tickets we
by cstross 10y ago
> BA's service had a greater number of passengers who booked a flight and then failed to appear than any other aircraft in their fleet.
All Concorde tickets were first class; first class tickets on flag carriers are fully exchangable without rebooking fees, and the carriers will honour each others tickets -- if you have a first-class ticket on Air France and the flight's cancelled they'll ensure that some other (any other) airline with a free first class seat will carry you instead.
So first-class tickets are popular with people who really need flexibility, and if you were flying JFK-LHR you might as well book a Concorde seat because if you missed the speedbird you could just waltz aboard the next departing 747.
- yitchelle 10y agoLifetime first class ticket by American Airlines would allow you unlimited flight on the concorde? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAirpass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAirpass
- cstross 10y agoUS internal first class is not the same as full-fat intercontinental first class on a flag carrier. (It's barely up to regular business class.) I do know a guy who was booked JFK-LHR in business class in the 90s and whose flight was overbooked; BA offered free first class upgrades to anyone who was willing to travel on the next departing flight with seats so he volunteered, and was most surprised to get home two hours early!