Originally Posted by
Stranger
But checked bags is not the issue, merely an excuse given by the agent. AC proactively offloads late arriving passengers off overbooked flights so they can reassign the seats. And so they do even if there is no checked luggage.
And that's the issue, off overbooked flights. Did anyone ever prove this was the actual reason they were offloaded though, and claim IDB. Or is one stuck because AC claim you shouldn't have been able to make a fast connection so they are within their rights to offload you.