Can I get mileage credit by checking in, but not boarding?
Oct 13, 2015, 4:02 am
#31
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I entirely agree - all that effort for 600 miles? Sounds like a total waste of time. If it was upwards of 5,000 or more miles, then perhaps it would be worth the effort, but 600? Cut your losses and move on.
Oct 13, 2015, 7:54 am
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Oct 13, 2015, 5:50 pm
#33
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Oh come one really? When they do a final count - which they do 99% of the time - and see you are missing - it's a real security issue and also multiple other issues - and then you delay the flight and everyone else on it while they try and figure out why you aren't on the plane even though you scanned your BP - all for mileage credit? That's just wrong, IMO....
I had a family member dying so left in a hurry. It was not a "sneak off". I did not do it for credit, so your assumption is JUST WRONG.
Oct 13, 2015, 6:13 pm
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Flight do get delayed from bad headcounts. Seen it. More than once.
First off I do not check bags, if that matters on a domestic USA flt. I do not think it does.
Second, I am usually called to go to another city for a major problem within my company. I leave one plane, buy a new ticket and board the other flight.
I am already past the TSA - so I am cleared to board whatever flt I want to board. What is the problem?
This happens many times. I have offices all over the USA. If I am flying LAS-DEN who cares if I get off and fly to SFO?
Second, I am usually called to go to another city for a major problem within my company. I leave one plane, buy a new ticket and board the other flight.
I am already past the TSA - so I am cleared to board whatever flt I want to board. What is the problem?
This happens many times. I have offices all over the USA. If I am flying LAS-DEN who cares if I get off and fly to SFO?
Even if you toss aside the safety arguments, there's still a good chance that exiting the plane without the awareness of the crew is going to be an inconvenience for a whole lot of people. The fact that the passengers might not know, doesn't make it better. That fact that it might not always happen, or maybe happens only 1 in 5 times, doesn't make it any less wrong.
You could hand over the boarding pass to an agent at any gate, tell them an emergency came up and you won't be on that flight. It's not that big a deal to do the right thing.
Last edited by Mike Jacoubowsky; Oct 13, 2015 at 6:35 pm Reason: toning it down
Oct 13, 2015, 9:55 pm
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I didn't assume anything - I just responded to what you posted - and what you did although understandable is nothing at all like OP was suggesting- and your post seemed to suggest it was ok so I took issue with it - now that you provide more details its more clear.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Oct 13, 2015 at 10:38 pm Reason: overly personal content deleted;discuss the issues, not the posters
