Originally Posted by
beckoa
If an extreme oversell (ie a/c swap) sometimes res will process the bump before airport arrival. Nice to either leave early, or stay late and not worry about this at the airport ^
Originally Posted by
brettsir
I don't think I have ever seen this and if it does happen it is most certainly not standard operating procedure. If you are being called and given choices on rebooking then yes that could happen, but RES removing you from a flight and rebooking you on whatever they can find without consulting you is a big no no.
I think he's referring to an agent bumping and rebooking voluntarily when you call (rather than having to do it at the gate)