Originally Posted by
mapleg
Frankly, it does not matter one whit what the OP characterizes it as. What matters is the credit card and the airline.
Do you seriously think airlines allow chargebacks because one is too dense to find the boarding gate despite a 4 hour time period?
Airlines don't allow or disallow chargebacks. The issuer of the credit card does upon their review.
Whether or not you or I believe the OP is dense is totally irrelevant.