Originally Posted by
StayingHomeIsBetter
This has happened to me.
Just another aspect of the total farce associated with "direct" flights that require a change of aircraft.
More disingenuous marketing BS.
^! How would they like it if I substituted another pax during a connection?
A few years ago, many DL agents made fun of "ASA's famous broken through flights." Now they're becoming the norm. So there's about the same chance of pax or luggage misconnecting. They shave the SM, too!
And even when the same A/C continues, you have to deplane, "for security reasons"
. I can't remember the last "seat occupied" card I saw.