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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
But it's kind of nagging at me that United Airlines sold those servicemen and women tickets knowing that there wouldn't be enough seats for everyone. Those soldiers should not have had to rely on the kindness of strangers to enable them to get where they needed to go.
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I think the article makes it sound bad, but the truth is that all airlines seriously oversell their best routes because there are so many no-shows.
Mrs. DeltAlum was flying back from Chicago last week and they made the announcement that they needed volunteers to take the next flight because hers was seriously oversold.
Turns out everyone got on the original flight. When it is so financially important to fill up the planes, it becomes a gamble.