Originally Posted by
Renard
I thought the same thing. An airline never knows when the next problem may come down the road...misconnects that need to be accommodated, mechanicals, etc Getting out passengers on to their final destination as soon as possible on the first flight possible would seem to me to be a good idea. For example: The passenger you put on an earlier flight won't be a potential IDB/VDB later in the day.
I had something happen during the AUS-IAH segment of a trip that makes your post stand out to me.
There were thunderstorms in the morning at both AUS and IAH that threw off the schedules. My flight (last one of the night) was cancelled and I was automatically rebooked onto the first one the next day. Knowing that flights before mine were open, I called and got a seat on one of them. Would CO charge me for that?