What's a chance passenger?
What's a chance passenger? Chance passengers are those who don't have a prior reservation for a specific bus destination schedule. They standby and fervently hope that reserved passengers, for whatever reason, won't show up.
What does seat 0 mean?
Photo: When you are attributed the seat number 0 during check-in, that means there aren't any seat available. They won't even apologize, they simply don't care.
Are you guaranteed a seat on a flight?
It's in their contracts of carriage: When you buy an airfare, airlines do not guarantee a particular seat, schedule or flight. And airlines can be pretty persnickety about who they fly and where they seat them.
Why am I not assigned a seat on my flight?
Passengers are usually assigned a seat before or during check-in. However, in your case you were not assigned a seat at check-in. Probably because you did not click the “select your seat option. Or maybe because the airline still had not assigned an aircraft for your flight.