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Why stand in line to board an airplane? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by OhmsLawn@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The seats are assigned. People have been standing in line for 15 minutes now. Why on earth would anyone want to stand there, when they could just sit and wait until the line clears?

I understand wanting to get off a plane ASAP, but boarding? You just end up sitting on the plane, waiting for everyone else to get on.

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[-] omxxi@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

I saw in a flight that the airline mistakenly sold the same seat twice, two persons were fighting for the same seat, and when the stewardess came to review, she saw the error, the flight was oversold and the second man needed to leave the plane.

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

They don't do that mistakenly. They just realized most of the time a few passengers don't show up so overselling makes sense to keep the plane full.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 13 points 6 months ago

If that happens to you in the EU, you are entitled to compensation, regardless of what the airline says. Know your rights!

[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

I remember a scandal in Germany some years back, where it was reported that people on the airline call centres were instructed to wrongly tell customers that they weren't entitled to compensation, and to only pay out when they where under threat of being sued. Dunno whether that improved.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

I heard people complaining a lot about Wizz Air.

I usually fly with KLM, and they have been always fast and good with this.

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