Originally Posted by
ssk1127
Yes, this happens, and no they'll never admit it. Airline often blames weather so passengers have no recourse for compensation. Pattern I've noticed is that this usually happens when there is another flight going out and the airline can consolidate the two flights, especially by cancelling the next to last flight and putting everyone on the last flight of the day. The last flight + any aircraft that needs to make another hop that night always goes.
Years ago my wife had some business in DC and was flying back and forth from Chicago on UA, because they had the government contract. The same plane did several roundtrips daily.
Plane "went mechanical" EIGHT times on her over a few months in low-load scenarios. Cancel a RT, pack them on the next to save money. Smart plane. It always knew when it had a large load going and managed to keep itself operational.
it was so obvious it was absurd. She will not fly UA any more, ever.
And, yes, I posted about it in the UA forum and was told I was delusional.