Why 3 hours before?

Why 3 hours before?

You see the advice on arriving 3 hours before to the check in counters of the airport ever wonder why? But always we seem to get caught up and arrive late to counters.

The hassle and risk would be not only on the airline staff but on the passenger as well.

Over booking is a method the airline does to make sure they fly full house and they do not run the flight with a seat vacant on a loss. In this procedure the airline usually over books about 10 -15 passengers because an aircraft carrying about 300 there is a probability a few never showing up before departure; the airline takes the risk and over books so that there flying is on 100% capacity.

Ok done with explanation, now the relevance of over booking to check in early because you might be that 1 of the 300 who arrive late and fall into the over booked list: ratio of this happing is very low, but why take the risk?

This is why it is advised to arrive early to check in so you may fly with an ease of mind.

If:

If you fall into the overbooked list it is your right as a passenger to demand from the airline to board on the first flight available to your destination!

Happy flying