Appreciate the input and advice from everyone. Seems to be very much a YMMV situation with a lot of variables in play (status of the travelers, size of the group, if there are enough seats on OAL...) so nothing that could be described as a strict rule. Quite frankly I was expecting that a bit, but as they say you never know until you ask!
Originally Posted by
birdiedouble
I’m curious as to what type of issues have cropped up? How big are the groups on each trip?
Cancelled flights mainly. We had a trip 2 years ago where WN cancelled our flight the day before. They wouldn't split up the group (despite it being smaller than usual for us) so the quickest they could get us out was 3 days later! This wasn't weather-related either
Our trips are usually about 40 travelers but most of the airlines won't give us that many seats so it often ends up being something like 22 travelers on one flight and 20 on another.