Enough With Placeholder Schedules

Airlines believe it is normal to sell flights they may or may not operate, 300 days in the future, but customers don't understand the practice.

Dear readers,

I have a rant for you today about placeholder schedules, particularly those from major U.S airlines.

These are the schedules carriers may sell for flights five months or more in advance — flight options based on some best-case scenario, one that may never occur, unless it is a route with static, predictable demand. These are the ones that gi…