01-17-2024
06:05 PM
01-17-2024
06:05 PM
@SoCalFlyer97 wrote:
@DancingDavidE wrote:
I had always understood that to be a benefit of EBCI will try to confirm.
There are some misconceptions about EBCI out there but “check in” is in the name of it so I would expect to be checked in. (But not be assured of an A position, etc.)
When did you add EBCI and what was your position that you were assigned when you did retrieve it? You’ll need your boarding pass to show that EBCI was applied to it.
@DancingDavidE
Also, under the Contract of Carriage (Section 9.6):
(6) Denied Boarding Priority Rules. The Carrier’s boarding priority is established on a first- come, first-served basis in the order boarding positions are secured. In determining which Passengers holding Confirmed Reserved Space shall be denied boarding involuntarily, the Carrier shall deny boarding in reverse order from the order in which the Passengers’ boarding positions were secured (i.e., the last Passenger who receives a boarding position will be the first Passenger denied boarding involuntarily in an oversale situation), with no preference given to any particular person or category of Fares.
This is what I was looking for - but still vague about what is "securing" your boarding position - it doesn't say "securing your boarding pass" which is a separate activity but which the OP may have been bumped because of it. (Unless this was one of those flights where 100% of the people got EBCI.
But anyway - what if a Business Select or A-list passenger gets their boarding pass at the airport - that's obviously not desirable to have either of those types bumped so it has to be the order of assigning boarding positions.
Therefore I suspect an EBCI error with the OP's flight, the EBCI should be protecting a passenger from being bumped. Either there was an error on acquiring EBCI, or the flight was changed less than 36 hours prior to departure, or another error (or glitch) is possible.
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