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[markodochartaigh]

1. "Fleeing" maga, not "leaving" maga.

n/t

[applegrove]

5. Thanks.

[underpants]

2. Mmmm flights get canceled all the time I'd guess the shutdown won't help.

[applegrove]

4. They had boarding passes.

[BannonsLiver]

6. Yeah I'm sure that's it. The shut down.

Incidentally, the flight wasn’t canceled. His family’s reservations were canceled. But I’m sure it’s just a koinky dink.

[underpants]

10. Okay I was wrong.

[Justice Brandeis]

3. If they can build a wall to keep people from coming in, they can keep people from leaving too

Just like East Germany.

[BannonsLiver]

7. The "nothing to see here" vibe on the forum today regarding this story has been interesting.

Certainly not the majority but a fair number of people seem very eager to dismiss this. I have no idea what happened. But it’s a very odd coincidence. Generally speaking there are 3 parties that have access to airline reservations. The airline, the government and the passenger. It sure doesn’t seem like he canceled the flight so that eliminates one possibility.

[ForgedCrank]

8. Not saying

there isn't a nefarious explanation behind it all, who knows, but this has happened to me more than several times. They call it getting "bumped". Those jerks overbook flights and count on a certain percentage of people not showing up. If everyone does show up, someone has to get bounced. The tickets are paired with the purchase and they will treat it as a party, so if there are two people and only one seat left, both will get bumped. It really should be illegal, it's highly inconvenient when it happens.

[Cha]

9. OMG.. I read about him

wanting to leave yesterday... This is Horrible!

I HOPE the BEST for Dr Mark Bray and his Family!

Fuck the GD Pig Slosh Fascists.

[Srkdqltr]

11. Was he able to rebook?