In response to Capt Bauer’s request about Non-Reving.
Mark has left a
new comment on your post "Travel
/ Non Revving - HL 176 (1)":
It's a new world of non-reving out there Rick. Computer generated reroutes will fill every available seat on every possible connection to accommodate HK's. Checking flight 12 hours prior to departure??? You can check flight 12 minutes before getting in your car to go to the airport and it would make any difference. which is what I did recently for a flight to MSP. getting to the airport I find my flight (and the next 2) oversold. Why? The direct flight to DEN had cancelled and the passengers were all rerouted through MSP, DTW, and MEM. I ended up connecting through ORD 4 hours later. If your going to pass travel you'd better bring a computer and a creative mind with you to the airport.
My understanding of AV/AU is AV is a pretty good estimate of seats remaining. AU is a statistical algorithm attempting to predict the misconnects and no-shows. They can be helpful, that's all.
Buddy pass are expensive and inconvenient when considering they are for standby travel, the last penny (make that dollars) of profit for DAL on each flight. The benefits are flexibility, refund-ability, and the chance of business class on int'l flights.
It's a new world of non-reving out there Rick. Computer generated reroutes will fill every available seat on every possible connection to accommodate HK's. Checking flight 12 hours prior to departure??? You can check flight 12 minutes before getting in your car to go to the airport and it would make any difference. which is what I did recently for a flight to MSP. getting to the airport I find my flight (and the next 2) oversold. Why? The direct flight to DEN had cancelled and the passengers were all rerouted through MSP, DTW, and MEM. I ended up connecting through ORD 4 hours later. If your going to pass travel you'd better bring a computer and a creative mind with you to the airport.
My understanding of AV/AU is AV is a pretty good estimate of seats remaining. AU is a statistical algorithm attempting to predict the misconnects and no-shows. They can be helpful, that's all.
Buddy pass are expensive and inconvenient when considering they are for standby travel, the last penny (make that dollars) of profit for DAL on each flight. The benefits are flexibility, refund-ability, and the chance of business class on int'l flights.
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