thats why, to keep their 5 star status, the qatar airways will not wait for your if you are late to check in although the whole plane was empty. this is happened to me last time i was on vacation in my country, the only road to airport was flooded from tide wave. so no cars can come across, hense many many pessangers was in the buss, taxi or private cars Q to get pass the flooded. we thought the Plane will wait for us but apparently not. and when we ask why can't they wait for us as whole plane was empty they said they need to keep flying on schedule although nobody in the plane to keep this status. is that make sense for you????

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