Re: What happened when international flights overbook (specially Sri Lankan air)

Rowen wrote:
For my earlier query a kind poster,Wout, gave me the link
http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/sri_lan.htm
One thing that troubles me is overbooking/overselling!

Why does this "trouble" you?
Not all passengers show up for flights they are booked for.
If the seats went empty, it would cost the airlines money.

Without going into the boring economics details, the outcomde would be higher ticket prices.
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