Originally Posted by
Qwkynuf
To be fair-er, that is of no consequence. If you know what the rules are, and you choose not to adhere to them, then you forfeit the right to complain when they are enforced. The fact that the same rule may or may not have been waived/bent/whatever for some other passenger in some other place at some other time, under the same or different circumstances, is irrelevant.
We have options - buy the ticket. Don't buy the ticket. Buy a different ticket. Choose a different airline. Take the train, Drive. Walk. Show up on time. Don't show up on time. But if you buy *that* ticket on *that* airline, then you are accepting the "fly as ticketed or forfeit" rule associated with it.
If only we could appreciate when things go our way without creating an expectation.
DL sells full Y tickets which are not merely refundable or changeable like several other fare buckets, but which retain their full value even after the flight has departed. People who need that level of flexibility or who cannot keep to a schedule, purchase those sorts of tickets.
The fare rules are in no way stacked against the passenger. They are simply set and it is for the passenger to select what he wants.
People on FT rant about BE all the time. But, the fact is that is a matter of passenger choice.