KoKo

Hi all,

Does anyone know the difference (in legal terms) between a rescheduled
flight and a delayed flight? For example, if passengers were entitled
to some sort of compensation if the flight was delayed by x number of
hours, would this entitlement be lost if the flight was rescheduled
instead?

Does anyone know why an airline would make a reschedule if the flight
was delayed?

Many thanks

Kuli

Frank F. Matthews

Usually reschedules take place some time prior to the flight and apply
to all the flights from a point on or within a broad time span. In
general there is no compensation but you do have the right to cancel the
whole purchase if the revisions are not acceptable. It would be unusual
to have the two be mixed. This is intended as a practical and not legal
description of the situation

KoKo wrote:

    > Hi all,

    > Does anyone know the difference (in legal terms) between a rescheduled
    > flight and a delayed flight? For example, if passengers were entitled
    > to some sort of compensation if the flight was delayed by x number of
    > hours, would this entitlement be lost if the flight was rescheduled
    > instead?

    > Does anyone know why an airline would make a reschedule if the flight
    > was delayed?

    > Many thanks
    > Kuli

KoKo

Thanks for the reply.

Here is what happened:
The flight was delayed by about 5 hours so the airline issued a
reschedule 24 hours before departure. However, they kept check-in time
as per the original schedule without informing all passengers of this
fact. The flight was overbooked so some passengers missed the flight
even though they got to the airport 3 hours before departure. I'm
trying to work out from the airline's point of view why did they
reschedule the flight instead of just informing passengers of the
delay. Could it be because they wanted some passengers to cancel so
that they don't have to pay Denied Boarding Compensation?

Thanks

Kuli

"Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<CWXad.22401$%[email protected]>...
    > Usually reschedules take place some time prior to the flight and apply
    > to all the flights from a point on or within a broad time span. In
    > general there is no compensation but you do have the right to cancel the
    > whole purchase if the revisions are not acceptable. It would be unusual
    > to have the two be mixed. This is intended as a practical and not legal
    > description of the situation
    >
    > KoKo wrote:
    >
    > > Hi all,
    >
    > > Does anyone know the difference (in legal terms) between a rescheduled
    > > flight and a delayed flight? For example, if passengers were entitled
    > > to some sort of compensation if the flight was delayed by x number of
    > > hours, would this entitlement be lost if the flight was rescheduled
    > > instead?
    >
    > > Does anyone know why an airline would make a reschedule if the flight
    > > was delayed?
    >
    > > Many thanks
    > > Kuli

Anon

KoKo wrote:
    > Thanks for the reply.
    >
    > Here is what happened:
    > The flight was delayed by about 5 hours so the airline issued a
    > reschedule 24 hours before departure. However, they kept check-in time
    > as per the original schedule without informing all passengers of this
    > fact. The flight was overbooked so some passengers missed the flight
    > even though they got to the airport 3 hours before departure. I'm
    > trying to work out from the airline's point of view why did they
    > reschedule the flight instead of just informing passengers of the
    > delay. Could it be because they wanted some passengers to cancel so
    > that they don't have to pay Denied Boarding Compensation?

What ariline? Did they indicate why they still wanted you to check in
the normal time if the flight was delayed by 5 hours?

Miss L. Toe

"KoKo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Thanks for the reply.
    > Here is what happened:
    > The flight was delayed by about 5 hours so the airline issued a
    > reschedule 24 hours before departure.

Maybe a reschedule doesn't look as bad in the published statistics as a
delay.

KoKo

anon <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<%[email protected] om>...
    > KoKo wrote:
    > > Thanks for the reply.
    > >
    > > Here is what happened:
    > > The flight was delayed by about 5 hours so the airline issued a
    > > reschedule 24 hours before departure. However, they kept check-in time
    > > as per the original schedule without informing all passengers of this
    > > fact. The flight was overbooked so some passengers missed the flight
    > > even though they got to the airport 3 hours before departure. I'm
    > > trying to work out from the airline's point of view why did they
    > > reschedule the flight instead of just informing passengers of the
    > > delay. Could it be because they wanted some passengers to cancel so
    > > that they don't have to pay Denied Boarding Compensation?
    >
    > What ariline? Did they indicate why they still wanted you to check in
    > the normal time if the flight was delayed by 5 hours?

Operational restrictions was the execuse! they claim that check-in
desks are only available during those times.