Originally Posted by fazeman

Flight passengers may carry a number of misperceptions about airlines. For instance, when you purchase a ticket, you expect to travel to the city you've selected. This is no longer the case.

To an airline, these destinations are suggestions or suggestinations; a flight planned to get you where you're going, not a flight promise. A promise is something you can deliver on. For instance, NASA plans, not promises to fly to Mars one day. But, for now, we'll just have to settle for the moon. And the moon was good enough for American hero, Niel Armstrong. In fact, few astronauts ever complained they can't get to Mars. So, the next time you're stranded in an airport, think of it as the moon.

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