When discussing IDB why are we so afraid to use the F word?
May 30, 2016, 11:35 pm
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Another one is the slow check in line for those who are unable to check in on the web site before arriving at the airport. Some passengers may get to the airport in what seems to be plenty of time, but the check in line moves so slowly due to understaffing that the passenger does not get to the agent before the check in deadline passes.
May 31, 2016, 8:03 am
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There are few tickets that are truly worthless if not used on the flight that they were sold for. The vast majority can be credited to future travel subject to change fees. Depending on the ticket, it may be functionally worthless because of those fees but most have a non-zero value.
I guess the IDB situation outside of North America is not as bad, though.
May 31, 2016, 8:12 am
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Regarding the "small number" of IDB's (1 in 11,000 or whatever), I still go back to the fact that it's not really 1 in 11,000 for any single one of us.
It's millions-to-one for many of us (when flying our preferred airlines). And it's a far greater real possibility for others of us (not flying our preferred airlines). Further, since you can *sometimes* predict busier travel days and flights, you can probably pick out the specific flights where there's a decent chance that *somebody* is getting IDB. (Much like you kind of know where shark attacks are likely to happen.
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The question becomes whether that's enough of a "problem" to add regulation to make IDB much more painful for the airlines.
It's millions-to-one for many of us (when flying our preferred airlines). And it's a far greater real possibility for others of us (not flying our preferred airlines). Further, since you can *sometimes* predict busier travel days and flights, you can probably pick out the specific flights where there's a decent chance that *somebody* is getting IDB. (Much like you kind of know where shark attacks are likely to happen.
)The question becomes whether that's enough of a "problem" to add regulation to make IDB much more painful for the airlines.