Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
You're confusing some with info that runs contrary to what they want to believe they've read. The son said "United said they bumped her". Who ya gonna believe?
I tend to believe United that pax was a misconnect. IDB is
extremely rare, much more so than the chance the a second-hand story of someone turned away from the gate (possibly with the aircraft still there) because she missed the end of boarding being described as "getting bumped".