Advance airline seat reservations and boarding passes protect a traveler in case?

Question

A. He or she is delayed

B. He or she is upgraded to another class

C. Someone else takes his or her seat

D. He or she must cancel a trip

Answer 1

I dont really understand your question so Im thinking your asking what the point of purchasing a reservation in advance so here's my response.

A. Delayed-   they most likely arent going to hold the plane for you.. sorry. I think only once they held a plane because the inbound was delayed but it was a rare situation where about half of the flight was getting on the same connection.

B. Upgraded- well if you get upgraded you dont need that old seat... your upgraded.. free drinks!

C. Seats Taken- you shouldnt have someone taking your seat. If that happened you have a ticket with that seat number tell the flight attendant and they will fix things. Odds are if someone is in your seat either your wrong or they are wrong but its an easy fix.

D. Trip Cancellation- I dont know why buying your ticket in advance will help you if you have to cancel your trip. You still usually have to pay a service charge unless you fly alot and have some crazy status like chairman or gold/platinum preffered.