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Why would it come close to tripling? I don’t believe they oversell all of the seats three times on every flight.
by EduardoBautista 3y ago
Why would it come close to tripling? I don’t believe they oversell all of the seats three times on every flight.
- tw04 3y agoThat’s not how it works… airlines have a minimum load factor for a flight to be profitable, generally 75-80%. They over book with an assumption that X% of people won’t show up based on decades of data. The hotel industry does the exact same thing. If you tell them they can’t overbook at all, their options are to either cut flights or raise prices. That also means all the discount tickets that make up that overbooking amount goes away. I guess if you’ve only ever bought full fare tickets you might only see a 30% increase, but if you’re only ever booking full fare, you aren’t the one getting bumped.