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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 7:36 pm
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sniles
 
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Do planes fly higher to make up delayed time?

Was on an MU flight today (A340) and saw on the overhead monitor that we were at 12,000 meters. Seemed a little high to me as i usually see the monitors showing ~10,000 meters. We were behind schedule due to a delay, so i thought they were flying at a higher altitude to try catch up on lost time.
Is this possible?
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