Originally Posted by
fumje
Several misconnects, maybe?
Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
10 minutes before boarding of an international flight sounds about right for the time the passengers who haven't checked in get offloaded, as well as some of the borderline misconnections.
Originally Posted by
UAPremierGuy
Except CVG is a domestic airport.
Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
Yes I misread it as CDG. Misconnects is the most likely situation in that case then, where it became clear that the misconnect was for sure going to occur and they wasn't going to be a chance to connection hold it. But of course depending on the plane 10 minutes prior to boarding can still be a failure to check in by the 45 minutes cut off, though usually those aren't off loaded until 30 minutes prior to departure (after boarding starts in almost all situations).
Maybe. Would have expected that to occur after boarding, maybe even after boarding complete.
5 "known well in advance" misconnects on a morning domestic flight with no weather / major irrops seems unlikely, though possible.
Upgrade list showed cabin "checked in" as full, so I don't think it could be the check in cutoff happening.
Doubt we will ever know for sure, but just an unusual case.
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