Anyone ever been bumped due to weather?

[Farang]

I have a flight from Seattle - LAX on Christmas and I'm somewhat confident that planes will be moving by then. Snow should have slowed down and the major problem now is not having enough de-icer, which should arrive today or tomorrow.

What I'm worried about is the flight# I'm taking has been canceled today and yesterday, and if it is again tomorrow I wonder what happens to these passengers. Are they going to bump me? And if they do, do I count as a weather-related delay or as an overbooking bump? The DOT says the latter gets a bunch of money for long delays, just enough to cover the numerous expenses I'll incur by a delay (I have a hotel booking that can't be canceled, another flight the next day, and a package waiting for me at a UPS store).

So anyone ever been bumped because of other delayed passengers, even when your flight was fine? I'd contact the airline but the wait times are extremely long at the moment.

United Airlines FWIW

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

they will always try to make it weather related, and will use that excuse when transiting other passengers ahead of you.

 

[Tiamat]

I don't think that's how it works. In Utopia, those passengers would be given the next flight out. They would bump your flight for current weather conditions, but not for their own back-log of passengers I don't think.

 

[Farang]

I'm hoping you're right Tiamat.. I guess it would make sense for them to not double their amount of upset passengers by bumping the happy ones in place of the unhappy ones

 

[compman25]

Why don't you call them? And are you saying your flight is already canceled?

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: compman25
Why don't you call them? And are you saying your flight is already canceled?

I'd contact the airline but the wait times are extremely long at the moment.

No, but the flight I am taking on Christmas has been canceled both today and yesterday, meaning people going to same place I am at the same time of day on the same airline are now waiting around at the airport expecting United to get them there, and I'm wondering if this threatens me on Christmas to get bumped so they can take my place.