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Re:U.S. Fines Airlines More Than $7M for Not Providing Refunds by stavros on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:05PM (#33628674)
It's not about prepay VS postpay, though. It's about whether you HAVE to prebuy or whether you can pay at the door. Planes don't have the option to just show up and buy a ticket.
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Re:U.S. Fines Airlines More Than $7M for Not Providing Refunds by ghaff on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:16PM (#33628856)
>Planes don't have the option to just show up and buy a ticket.

Sure they do. Maybe not literally at the door because you have to go through security first. But they'll sell you one at the ticket counter if there are seats available.

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Re:U.S. Fines Airlines More Than $7M for Not Providing Refunds by stavros on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:31PM (#33629141)
Will they really? As far as I know, they stopped doing that years ago, but I might be wrong.
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Re:U.S. Fines Airlines More Than $7M for Not Providing Refunds by throwaway290 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:05PM (#33629723)
I've seen people buy tickets at the airport with cash before same day flight this year. I came to the airport and changed my ticket to depart on that day once.
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Re:U.S. Fines Airlines More Than $7M for Not Providing Refunds by rtkwe on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @04:09PM (#33630638)
They'll still do it but most planes are oversold already to increase utilization, some of the airline's high rewards levels allow you to force your way onto planes too.
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