Originally Posted by
NYCommuter
Basically, if people are on a plane that gets diverted, but the plane has to eventually make the trip to the original destination, why doesn't US just let the passengers fly on that plane when it finally makes the trip, especially if the alternative is for people to fly on regularly-scheduled flights late the next day, resulting in lengthier delays?
I think it's probably a left hand/right hand type of thing. The people doing the rebooking (res, special services, agents, club) probably can't see the ferry flight among the options. Like charters, ferry flights don't show up among the flights showing in Shares when rebooking options are displayed. An added twist is that it's likely that the ferry isn't even scheduled yet at the time the rebooking is occurring.
Jim