Re: Voluntary Bumping

DevilsPGD wrote:
In message <5dmqhpF3596p0U3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hummingbird
<hummingbird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I suspect you don't have a clue why overbooking is a bad thing.

There is one, and only one reason; it means the airline is selling
something that, under certain circumstances, they cannot provide.

The flipside is that it definitely does increase an airline's revenue,
which translates into lower prices across the board.

*shrugs*

The overbooking thing is something I am amazed by when flying domestically
in the US. I don't see it on Qantas international, and I don't see it on the
aussie domestics either. It's like a ritual at delta and united, people
lining up anxiuosly, the announcements, the requests for volunteers to give
up their seats....
I've only seen it in the US.

And yet your airfares don't seem particularly cheap.

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