Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
"International" doesn't mean once a day (complicated procedures and costs to reticket). The probability of getting off-loaded at T-29, I have to guess, is related to how easy to re-accommodate. At the pre-COVID FRA, it's probably easier.
Yes, a lot going on at FRA: LH ground staff is perhaps more rules-oriented and deadline-minded, lots of alternate flights for stranded pax, etc.
Originally Posted by
Repooc17
I am not disagreeing with you, but only to provide my personal experience: I don't think I have been on an UA INTL flight ex-US where boarding has completed by T-25, or T-20, and GAs have time then to check which pax they should offload because they are not present at the gate.
Yes, the fact that boarding isn't usually complete until T-20 or so is a saving grace for the late connecting passenger.