Originally Posted by
Ditto
I think the most likely case for having 6 or 7 people in WL is that they themselves were involved in IRROPS, doesn't need to be major IRROPS, could be as simple as a missed connection due to slight delay.
But not several days before?
Originally Posted by
Ditto
OK so that's for short-haul flight, I don't disagree with you here, my entire post is about J long-haul...
I just gave you examples from this week, which were shorthaul. Have I also been on wait list for long haul? Yes, numerous times. Monday mornings to JFK, or back on Thursday evenings or Friday. For example, check availability of AF 9 or AF 19 tonight from New York to Paris. Zero seats in Business. Which means that you cannot always get a seat.
Originally Posted by
Ditto
I don't disagree it's a good idea, but if you really have to fly on that flight, you always have the option of flying in Y.
Err, well, that exactly is the point of my suggestion. I would welcome if the airline didn't subject me to that. I am happy to give them loads of money, but if for instance I do a day-trip to JFK and the outbound flight is full then I really don't want to do that in Y. No rest, not enough space to work, etc. Hence: please AFKL, do what other airlines do, offer booking guarantee also in J.
Originally Posted by
Ditto
Well, no, you might be dealing here with very small numbers, all your examples are about "2 passengers", but what if in fact the algorithm says it's actually more like 0.1 passengers?
So what?
And again, I don't understand the question. This mechanism does exist and it works. So why are you trying to explain me, who merely points out the fact that it does exist and work elsewhere, that it doesn't work. Isn't that a bit futile? Reminds me of a discussion with someone in Germany some years ago, where I remarked that they didn't have credit-card check-out from parking lots (they always need to go to the machine and pay there before picking up the car). He also explained to me that this wouldn't work, it would mean that there are credit card readers at the exit, and what if someone forgot his card, etc. All kinds of reasons he came up with which either because he had never seen something like this or some remotely possible extreme situation. Completely ignoring the fact that credit card check out at parking exits existed and worked well all over France. Just doubting that something works only because it's unfamiliar, an interesting human trait.