Originally Posted by
c2cflyer
Once they send out a notice that your flight is delayed an hour, i know, odds are you will be delayed longer than an hour, not shorter.
However, they still often (always?) 'suggest' you are at the gate at the original departure time because the flight could go earlier than the 'estimated' delayed time.
How often does this actually happen?
I've wondered about this too. I've never seen a delay move up; sometimes the plane pushes up to five minutes before the stated delayed departure time, but I've only seen the stated time move in one direction. It would make sense to me if there is a policy to do so, in fact.