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> but I can bet no one is too happy about it when a breach of contract happens. It's very odd that you consider this a breach of contract, because these contra
by bb611 9y ago
> but I can bet no one is too happy about it when a breach of contract happens.
It's very odd that you consider this a breach of contract, because these contracts are pretty heavily policed by regulators and the courts. Check every ticket you've bought, the contract of carriage includes terms specifically about overbooking.
For instance, here's United's Rule 4G:
All of UA’s flights are subject to overbooking which could result in UA’s inability to provide previously confirmed reserved space for a given flight or for the class of service reserved. In that event, UA’s obligation to the Passenger is governed by Rule 25.
- opo 9y ago>It's very odd that you consider this a breach of contract, You are partially right in the sense of the one-sided document that they impose on their customers, they reserve the right to not let you board. In the case of the United passenger (and many others that came to light after this assault) the person had already boarded. At that point, the reasons for not transporting (Rule 21) are spelled out and they don't include reasons like ("we decided to use the seat for our employee" or "a gold member wants the seat"), etc. >...because these contracts are pretty heavily policed by regulators and the courts. The idea of involuntary bumping should probably be viewed as regulatory capture. We don't allow that in other industries.