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I think a huge reason would be a connecting flight being cancelled or delayed too. Maybe the majority reason. I've been booked so tight before that even a 15 mi
by Sleeep 9y ago
I think a huge reason would be a connecting flight being cancelled or delayed too. Maybe the majority reason. I've been booked so tight before that even a 15 minute delay or a gate change to another part of an airport would make me miss a connecting flight.
- CaptainZapp 9y agoAirlines employ teams, who look exactly into that (connections and potential misses). The look at the number of late incoming passengers that have a connection and make the following calculation : Is it cheaper for them to hold the connecting flight, or does it make more sense, financially, to rebook them? Including paying for hotel rooms and compensation. Sometimes they have an agent at the gate of the incoming flight whisking the connecting passengers to their flight. Here's another dirty secret to ponder: An airline may bump you even if there are free seats available. The reason being weight limits. It can be far more profitable to fly an additional container to Hong Kong then those three passengers with cheap economy class tickets. Even with the additional cost, which this incurs.