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Part of me wishes there were prediction markets for flight delays. The ETAs are wildly inaccurate, like last time the counter staff suggested I not reschedule c
by morshu9001 9mo ago
Part of me wishes there were prediction markets for flight delays. The ETAs are wildly inaccurate, like last time the counter staff suggested I not reschedule cause our plane was arriving in 15min, when I could see on a slightly hard to find site that the plane was still grounded 500mi away.
Part of me is careful what I wish for, starting with passengers bothering staff even more.
- kshacker 9mo agoIsn't travel insurance one form of this?
- morshu9001 9mo agoDo you mean the kind that pays for cancellations? The scenario I'm sometimes in is the flight is delayed, I can switch for free anyway, but I don't want to have to wait a whole day or something. So it becomes a game of, stick with current flight or switch, and which one do I switch to.
- kpierce 9mo agoFlightly or flightradar24 listens to air traffic control and updates the app before any announcements are made. Huge help for delays or gate changes.
- morshu9001 9mo agoI'll try that one. Last time was frantic and tried like 5 bad sites before finding at least where the plane was. But maybe the passengers or crew on that plane had a better idea of why they were delayed, which I'm not sure any site would show. I've been on the other end too, knowing my plane isn't taking off due to a jammed door and texting updates to someone who was supposed to pick me up on the other end.