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I flew from Providence to Orlando last week. The airline's website said (paraphrasing) "we don't oversell flights; this ticket guarantees you a seat." As we we
by thomascgalvin 3y ago
I flew from Providence to Orlando last week. The airline's website said (paraphrasing) "we don't oversell flights; this ticket guarantees you a seat."
As we were boarding, the gate agent made an announcement (again paraphrasing) "this flight is fully booked, and if your ticket doesn't have a seat assignment, you cannot board."
One of those two statements was false.
- dataflow 3y agoThey sound consistent to me? Your ticket guaranteed a seat for you, but they might've sold some other tickets or given out vouchers that didn't guarantee any seat - like those tickets also saying "you can take any other flight on the same day if they have room", companion passes, etc.
- marcus0x62 3y agoYep. Unless it was the first flight out, there were probably at least a few non-confirmed standby passengers and maybe a non-revenue ticket or two.