Airlines for America, in its filing, said the [24-hour cancellation] rule allows passengers to hold "an unlimited number of reservations at once, free of any ca

Airlines for America, in its filing, said the [24-hour cancellation] rule allows passengers to hold "an unlimited number of reservations at once, free of any cancellation penalty during the 24-hour hold period," thus eliminating a carrier's ability to sell those seats to another buyer. "eliminating a carrier's ability to sell"? What a bunch of horse puckey. 1) Airlines routinely oversell flights. It seems unlikely random individual passengers are buying out a bunch of seats just to cancel at hour 23. 2) Even if that were considered a risk, a passenger would still need to pay for the seats upfront.