Originally Posted by
YYC009
Passenger does not appear to be entitled to denied boarding compensation. Let me explain...
Per Rule 70 Part B of the Air Canada International Tariff:
The passenger must be available for boarding at the boarding gate at least 15 minutes (exception for Tel-Aviv 60 minutes and Casablanca 30 minutes, for domestic flights and flights to/from the U.S.: 15 minutes) prior to scheduled departure time of the flight on which he/she holds a reservation.
According to vroom's post from above:
Yesterday's AC 7408 landed 45 minutes late at 20:13, schedule departure time for AC 46 was 20:35. So this is probably what happened.
<I assume landed means arrival time at gate>
That's all very nice, as long as it's the passenger who was late.
However, if the passenger got there late because the previous flight was late, surely that cannot be held against him. This said, admittedly the cTA went with AC's side on that. Unfortunately.