Booted after given Standby seat
May 11, 2017, 8:38 am
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I'm almost 100% sure, in this case, that this isn't true.
There was a brief period of time where the OP was *not* a standby on the earlier flight: he was reticketed on that (earlier) flight and removed from the later flight. The re-issuance of a C boarding pass on the later flight after the fact is pretty solid proof of this. A failed standby attempt wouldn't have removed the A20 BP.
It does not seem possible that a GA would send a passenger down the jetway without completing the flight-change action in the system. By the time he boarded and started looking for a seat, he was already removed from the later flight. He may have been browbeat into accepting the fact that he never cleared onto the first flight. WN gave him $100, which is probably a lot less than they'd have had to provide for an IDB.
That said, I can certainly understand a passenger not being aware of this. If this had happened on, say, AA, my app would clearly and instantly show the flight change and my new seat assignment. In that case, I'd know for sure that my ticket has been changed and, if a GA approached me onboard, I'd be able to ask "Are you seeking volunteers, or are you approaching only me for involuntary denied boarding?"
There was a brief period of time where the OP was *not* a standby on the earlier flight: he was reticketed on that (earlier) flight and removed from the later flight. The re-issuance of a C boarding pass on the later flight after the fact is pretty solid proof of this. A failed standby attempt wouldn't have removed the A20 BP.
It does not seem possible that a GA would send a passenger down the jetway without completing the flight-change action in the system. By the time he boarded and started looking for a seat, he was already removed from the later flight. He may have been browbeat into accepting the fact that he never cleared onto the first flight. WN gave him $100, which is probably a lot less than they'd have had to provide for an IDB.
That said, I can certainly understand a passenger not being aware of this. If this had happened on, say, AA, my app would clearly and instantly show the flight change and my new seat assignment. In that case, I'd know for sure that my ticket has been changed and, if a GA approached me onboard, I'd be able to ask "Are you seeking volunteers, or are you approaching only me for involuntary denied boarding?"