Re:Is my plane a 737 MAX?
by arcticbull on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:23PM
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> Even with flexible tickets, most carriers don't allow you to cancel less than 24 hours prior to departure.
They definitely do! It's usually until just before departure - but some flexible tickets you can just no-show and get a refund. In some cases, there may be some no-show penalty, but definitely not universally. I can't think of any US carriers that impose a 24 hour cancelation restriction. I'm sure there's some international ones.
> Also, airlines would most likely charge you the difference between the fare price, which for a last minute ticket is might be a significant price difference.
Usually within the US, you can do a same-day change or same-day standby for some nominal, fixed amount of money on any ticket (free with status) and swap to any flight within ~24 hours (specific restrictions vary).
> So you'd rather lose a few hours of your life waiting at an airport, than losing a few minutes of your life over the risk of dying from a 737 Max? Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
On this we completely agree. I ran the numbers and your likelihood of dying on a 737 NG is 1/400 the risk of dying in a car on a per-mile basis. Based on the median distance from home to a US airport of 17 miles, you're more likely to die on the road to and from the airport than a 16,500mi flight on a 737. And infinitely more likely to get injured.
They definitely do! It's usually until just before departure - but some flexible tickets you can just no-show and get a refund. In some cases, there may be some no-show penalty, but definitely not universally. I can't think of any US carriers that impose a 24 hour cancelation restriction. I'm sure there's some international ones.
> Also, airlines would most likely charge you the difference between the fare price, which for a last minute ticket is might be a significant price difference.
Usually within the US, you can do a same-day change or same-day standby for some nominal, fixed amount of money on any ticket (free with status) and swap to any flight within ~24 hours (specific restrictions vary).
Here's American's policy on same-day changes [1]. Here's Delta's [2]. United's [3].
> So you'd rather lose a few hours of your life waiting at an airport, than losing a few minutes of your life over the risk of dying from a 737 Max? Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
On this we completely agree. I ran the numbers and your likelihood of dying on a 737 NG is 1/400 the risk of dying in a car on a per-mile basis. Based on the median distance from home to a US airport of 17 miles, you're more likely to die on the road to and from the airport than a 16,500mi flight on a 737. And infinitely more likely to get injured.
[1] https://www.aa.com/i18n/plan-travel/extras/same-day-travel.j...
[2] https://www.delta.com/us/en/change-cancel/same-day-flight-ch...
[3] https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/trip-planning/flight...