On 4/11/17 1:03 PM, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 10:02:41 AM UTC-4, Kurt V. Ullman wrote:
On 4/11/17 9:10 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 4/11/2017 12:23 AM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 21:15:07 -0700, Taxed and Spent
wrote:

If it was overbooked, there should have been four people standing up
looking for a seat. Musical Chairs rules should apply.

Airlines overbook every day. It ****es people off.


Often there are no-shows so I can understand it. I've been bumped but
was well compensated for it and it made little difference in my life.
Arriving a couple of hours later in first class and getting free tickets
is not so bad. In this case though, the guy was already seated on the
plane. Poor planning on the airline.
The problem with that is for the most part the no-shows have already
paid and any more it is non-refunable. So they are double dipping if
they overbook.

Non-refundable not usable.

Yes, some tickets you have no recourse. But most tickets on the majors
are re-usable, usually with a change fee, depending on whether it's a
full fare ticket or a deep discount one.

But even then don't you not only have to pay the change fee but also any
difference in the fare you booked and the one that is available when you
book (and you don't get the difference back if the fare is lower when
you rebook does it?) This would seem to adequately compensate the
airline and lower the need to overbook.