Since then, they’ve slowly crept the departure earlier and earlier. 8:15 → 7:30 → 7:05 → 7:00 → now 6:15am. Every change was under an hour, so the airline claims it doesn’t qualify as a “major change.”
When I pushed back, my options were:
Cancel and lose £120, then rebook for £65
Pay £30 to move to the evening flight the day before
I paid the £30 just to be done with it, but it feels incredibly sneaky. Ended up paying £150 total for a flight that should’ve been £65, all because they kept nudging the schedule bit by bit.
Is this actually standard practice, or just airlines gaming the system?
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