Reading TFA - his trip was cancelled, but it doesn’t state by whom. There isn’t an indication at this time that it was government; he’s been threatened by right wing activists so it’s possible that someone working in the airline cancelled the itinerary (maybe at checkin?) or someone pretended to be him and called the airline to cancel etc.
“‘Someone’ cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second,” Bray posted on Bluesky social media. “We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’”
I confess that I know nothing about cancelling reservations like this, but who exactly has the power to cancel a reservation after you’ve gone through security, picked up your boarding passes, and checked your bags? Could some rando have called the airline and done it at that point? I would think that the computer would flag the customer service person that the traveler was already checked in and ready to board. But then, maybe I’m giving their systems too much credit.
Thank you, the comments are maddening as nobody seems to have read the article. His ticket was mysteriously cancelled after he was in the airport. It’s not like law enforcement detained him or prevented him which is what the title insinuates. At the time of writing he was rescheduled to fly and was staying the night in a hotel waiting for his flight.
Reading TFA - his trip was cancelled, but it doesn’t state by whom. There isn’t an indication at this time that it was government; he’s been threatened by right wing activists so it’s possible that someone working in the airline cancelled the itinerary (maybe at checkin?) or someone pretended to be him and called the airline to cancel etc.
Not that it makes it ok in anyway!
I confess that I know nothing about cancelling reservations like this, but who exactly has the power to cancel a reservation after you’ve gone through security, picked up your boarding passes, and checked your bags? Could some rando have called the airline and done it at that point? I would think that the computer would flag the customer service person that the traveler was already checked in and ready to board. But then, maybe I’m giving their systems too much credit.
Thank you, the comments are maddening as nobody seems to have read the article. His ticket was mysteriously cancelled after he was in the airport. It’s not like law enforcement detained him or prevented him which is what the title insinuates. At the time of writing he was rescheduled to fly and was staying the night in a hotel waiting for his flight.