Originally Posted by
dblevitan
3. There were several other planes that looked the same as ours in the gates surrounding ours. I believe we were on a 737-700. Instead of using one of the other planes, we were forced to wait for the plane that arrived last. The plane from IAH arrived at 10:30 PM EST and there were several others that were not being used any more for the night before then.
Like others have told you, those planes A) may not have been the same configuration and B) have a schedule to maintain themselves. Surely you didn't expect Continental to pull one of those planes off its schedule and create an inconvenience for all of its passengers just for you?