VDB taken back
Mar 17, 2011, 4:58 pm
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Connections are one thing, but non-connecting passengers not being where they are supposed to be, when they are supposed to be is when there are unforeseen variables.
I've had 320s that are "Over by 30" and don't need in the end, and in one case, an agent told me that the "load" actually includes people who were booked and their reservation cancelled before, etc.
How do connecting passengers get accounted for on the GIDS screens? Are they "checked in" when they check-in, or when their connection parks?
Mar 17, 2011, 5:01 pm
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How do you know that? I don't see where it is known that the OP's son got the same exact seat he had. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't.
Mar 17, 2011, 5:07 pm
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Would have suspected if the re-seating (if any) had been an issue, would have been noted --since no dissatisfaction on seating was mentioned, No Harm No Foul
Mar 17, 2011, 6:08 pm
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My hunch is that they simply would not ask a well-dressed business man in his 50s to return the VDB. Just a hunch. And that's what the OP is asking about: did his son get screwed because he is young, looks young, and so forth. None of us knows, obviously, but my guess is yes.
Edited to add: Being 1P makes the situation worse as well. UA should have said, "We goofed. Here is your original seat back. Enjoy the VDB."
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Mar 17, 2011, 7:42 pm
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You know what they say about sarcasm. I never claimed that it was the same scenario. I only posted the specifics when magiciansampras asked for details. I was also responding to your post where you stated you had never heard of a GA processing a VDB ahead of time. Although, how do you know it is a completely different scenario? All that was posted in the OP was that a VDB was given and then taken back. None of us have any idea why that happened.
Not sure why you are so confused. You asked for details about MY VDB experience. I'm not the OP or the OP's son so I'm not sure why you would think I was trying to equate MY situation to the OP's son's. And as I stated above, none of us were there so we really have no idea the exact reason. Apparently it is only ok to speculate when it fits YOUR idea of what happened???
Not sure why you are so confused. You asked for details about MY VDB experience. I'm not the OP or the OP's son so I'm not sure why you would think I was trying to equate MY situation to the OP's son's. And as I stated above, none of us were there so we really have no idea the exact reason. Apparently it is only ok to speculate when it fits YOUR idea of what happened???
Mar 17, 2011, 8:58 pm
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Mar 17, 2011, 9:16 pm
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In the context of the posts in this thread, the "this" that you are referring to was, I thought, clear. I apologize if it was not so.
Mar 17, 2011, 9:29 pm
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Mar 18, 2011, 4:57 pm
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