Woman bumped from flight, misses 10K dream cruise

saintmdterps said

The premise that somehow or other the airline is not obligated to get passengers there on time may be on of the more inane ideas I've heard lately and, given the current White House administration, this is quite an accomplishment.

I guess I had no idea we were living in 1920s Italy.

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Airline give you an ETA (ESTIMATED time of arrival). It's not a guaranteed arrival, and there is nowhere you will see that they guarantee you will arrive at that time. As I asked earlier, would you take a road trip that is exactly 14 hours long without any traffic etc (perfect circumstances), and leave exactly 14 hours ahead of time, or would you plan ahead and give yourself extra time for unforseen circumstances?

As far as your comment about being compensated, the airlines do compensate people when they have to bump you, or of your flight gets delayed/cancelled.