Questions tagged [overbooking]
The practice of selling more goods or services than are expected to be available, usually in anticipation that some of those so entitled will cancel or fail to attend and thus supply will be more fully utilised.
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What rules govern forced removal from flights (due to overbooking)?
I was recently surprised to see a man roughly and forcibly physically removed from an overbooked flight by three police officers because his flight was overbooked. He was reportedly a doctor who ...
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Can you be involuntarily denied boarding if you already checked in AND already have your seat assigned?
Some companies allow you to check-in online prior to the flight, assigning you the seats.
Is it still somehow possible to be involuntarily bounced, despite having already checked in and already ...
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I have a travel voucher from American Airlines. Can I use part of it now, and the rest later?
Last month, I was bumped and received a $400 travel voucher from American Airlines, in the form of a printed paper voucher (not an eVoucher, which Google tells me exists and plays by different rules). ...
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Which airline companies never overbook their flights?
Is there a reliable list of airway companies that overbook flights? And, is there any shorter list of companies that do overbook, but when too many passengers show up, they deal fairly with it?
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What is overbooking (of flights), and why do airlines all seem to do it?
I know that they want to "fill every seat."
If you take this LITERALLY, then you'd want to overbook, because of the statistical percentage of "no shows." That, of course, leads to "bumping" when more ...
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