--- title: Tinder Paid For Flight for Woman After Missing It on Date description: Tinder reimbursed one of its users after she missed a flight because she was having such a good time on a date. canonical: https://time.com/4877409/tinder-reimburses-missed-flight-good-date/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-27T21:48:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:58.999Z og:title: Tinder Paid for Flight After Woman Misses It Due to a Date og:description: Swiping right has its benefits og:url: https://time.com/4877409/tinder-reimburses-missed-flight-good-date/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec18a7a48221fb8e/6988d77e656a3f3f68bd1064/tinder-reimburses-user-missed-flight.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Serial Killer Conviction Prompts Police To Warn Of Dating App Dangers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tinder Paid for Flight After Woman Misses It Due to a Date twitter:description: Swiping right has its benefits twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec18a7a48221fb8e/6988d77e656a3f3f68bd1064/tinder-reimburses-user-missed-flight.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tinder Paid for a Woman's Flight After She Missed It Because Her Date Was Too Good ## Video: Done With Tinder? Try ‘Sindr,’ the Vatican’s New Confession Finder App [Watch (HLS stream): Done With Tinder? Try ‘Sindr,’ the Vatican’s New Confession Finder App](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uN8Qppbq.m3u8) (0:55)  _Published 2016-11-23. The Catholic app, to give it its proper name, lets users search for the nearest confessional or Holy Mass_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 27, 2017 9:48 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: The "Tinder" app logo is seen amongst other dating apps on a mobile phone screen on November 24, 2016 in London, England. Following a number of deaths linked to the use of anonymous online dating apps, the police have warned users to be aware of the risks involved, following the growth in the scale of violence and sexual assaults linked to their use. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: The "Tinder" app logo is seen amongst other dating apps on a mobile phone screen on November 24, 2016 in London, England. Following a number of deaths linked to the use of anonymous online dating apps, the police have warned users to be aware of the risks involved, following the growth in the scale of violence and sexual assaults linked to their use. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)Leon Neal—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 27, 2017 9:48 PM UTC If lurid tales of [online dating](http://time.com/4054022/tinder-grindr-billboard-stds/) have left you cynical, attend the tale of this [Tinder](http://time.com/4027933/tinder-super-like/) user who not only used the dating app to great success, but even got a $400 reimbursement from the company after she missed a flight thanks to a good date with someone from the app. Erin Kim first documented the saga in a recent [“thank you” blog post on Medium](https://digitalculturist.com/dear-tinder-thank-you-for-everything-e9e387b78f00), where she detailed how she the dating app “made a lot of magic” in her life especially while she was traveling, thanking them for “the good — the humanity — it has in fact introduced into my life.” One anecdote that Kim shared was of a romantic night that she spent with a connection in Rome, Italy, where she chose to skip a scheduled flight to have an extra day with her date, a choice that ended up costing her $400. A month after Kim had written her blog post, Tinder wrote a response and offered to reimburse her for the missed flight. And, as Kim documented on her Twitter account, the dating app company made good on their offer, sending her the exact cost of the flight. Looks like there’s more than one reason to swipe right on Tinder. > [](https://twitter.com/agnesonduty/status/888118881167986689) > [](https://twitter.com/agnesonduty/status/889578004229304323) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4877409/tinder-reimburses-missed-flight-good-date/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4877409/tinder-reimburses-missed-flight-good-date/"},"headline":"Tinder Paid for a Woman's Flight After She Missed It Because Her Date Was Too Good","datePublished":"2017-07-27T21:48:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:58.999Z","description":"Swiping right has its benefits","url":"https://time.com/4877409/tinder-reimburses-missed-flight-good-date/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Dating","viral","relationships","Tinder","Dating Apps"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec18a7a48221fb8e/6988d77e656a3f3f68bd1064/tinder-reimburses-user-missed-flight.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec18a7a48221fb8e/6988d77e656a3f3f68bd1064/tinder-reimburses-user-missed-flight.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Serial Killer Conviction Prompts Police To Warn Of Dating App Dangers","caption":"Serial Killer Conviction Prompts Police To Warn Of Dating App Dangers","creditText":"Leon Neal—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4877409/tinder-reimburses-missed-flight-good-date/","name":"Tinder Paid for a Woman's Flight After She Missed It Because Her Date Was Too Good"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Done With Tinder? 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