Originally Posted by
davetravels
Wow! With more than 3000 posts, have you been living in a cave?
One example: The other day I was on DL61 which goes JFK/ATL/GIG. It arrives in ATL at concourse A and leaves from concourse T on a different plane altogether. It's planned - NOT a last minute aircraft swap. JFK/ATL is late, and the thru pax onboard assume they'll be ok going on to Rio! But noooo!! ATL/GIG leaves on time. Also, often times it's even a different aircraft TYPE indicating that the whole "direct flight" concept is kind of a scam! A side note is that the airlines only give FF miles from A to C as opposoed to A to B + B to C. Did I miss anything?
So perhaps we could say:
Some airlines engage in the deceptive marketing practice of claiming traditional connecting service flights as a "direct flight". These so called "direct flights" have stops, involve plane change(s) and often terminal changes. Because it is not truly direct in anyway the consumer is mislead about the inherent connection/misconnection risks. A weather delay in a connection city could cost the consumer hundreds of dollars in hotel, transportation and phone costs.
Last edited by motytrah; Jul 28, 2010 at 9:53 am
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