Originally Posted by
Often1
IDB only occurs when you are denied boarding. Period.
Not only this, but, isn't it true, that for the purpose of IDB compensation, this is only when a flight is oversold? You can be denied boarding for a thousand other reasons and not get comp.
edited to add . . . .
In other words, if the OP would have been told this same exact thing:
Originally Posted by
Bob111
When the GA finally got to me she found my reservation but said it had never been activated.
. . . but perhaps the door was closing and there was no time to book him on the flight, that would be denied boarding, but not the specific term IDB which involves compensation for overbookings, right?