10-14-2003, 02:03 AM
Kid Afrika Wrote:No I'm not. They will sell 10% above their capacity on EVERY flight. They may not reach that capacity or even 100% capacity. But as you said you rarely see when someone is left behind, so it's working out for them to do it. Overbooking: little known FACT. Might not seem reasonable to be tossing around free tickets but it happens and it must be working out for them. My boss was offered TWO free round trippers on a recent flight if he ceded his seat. Sometimes they won't let a plane leave the ground unless someone gives up their seat. I don't know the details or many of the hows and whys they do this but it happens. You may fly a lot but you do it on the compant check, you have rank and probably barely have to deal with all the haggling that goes on. But it does go on, trust me.Quote:Little known fact: EVERY flight is over booked by 10%, to account for possible no shows and cancelations. People that are asked to give up their seat on a given flight to give to someone else (stand-bys) are offered a free round trip ticket on another flight of their choice (of some kind of comparable length flight i imagine).
You are full of shit. I've been on plenty of flights that were less than 75% capacity. Also, I rarely see anyone get left behind, even stand-bys. Why would the airlines put themselves in the position to always have to give free/discounted fairs to people?
I've flown about 50K miles this year and I've only been bumped once and that was on a stand-by where I got bumped by another stand-by with a higher rank.
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