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You can see which plane you are going to ride when you book a ticket via several modern apps these days. You absolutely can choose not to buy a ticket for a pla
by galleywest200 3y ago
You can see which plane you are going to ride when you book a ticket via several modern apps these days. You absolutely can choose not to buy a ticket for a plane type you wish to avoid.
- mrguyorama 3y agoNone of the relevant contracts allow for you to specify the plane. If you buy a ticket for "an airbus A350" and show up and they ask you to board a 737, if you refuse, you are the one breaking the contract, and the airline does not have to compensate you in any way. Right now a significant majority of all flights happen on the exact model of aircraft the ticket mentioned, but if people start choosing not to fly on boeings, you can rest assured that airlines will start to move planes around so that their expensive planes still make money. If you want to be guaranteed the plane you signed up for, we need new regulation. That is not a right anyone has currently.
- _heimdall 3y agoI think I mentioned this in the GP comment, but that's exactly what I did recently. I booked a flight scheduled to be on Airbus planes but there's no guarantee there. Mt return flight was changed after I booked to be on Boeing planes. Booking a ticket is just a commitment for them to get you to/from specific destinations on time, if possible. Showing the plane scheduled for the flight is helpful for picking seats but its definitely no guarantee. My wife actually got stuck in DC over night once when they decided they wanted to use a smaller plane. No mechanical issues, I assume they just needed to move the plane for the first flight the next morning and they decided to bump a few passengers off the flight.