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To fill empty seats ? Still better than nothing
by coffeebeqn 2y ago
To fill empty seats ? Still better than nothing
- doctorpangloss 2y agoPeople say this, and yet we see vacancy everywhere all the time.
- bluGill 2y agoEventually there just isn't someone who wants to go at any price, but the airplane still needs to fly.
- recursive 2y agoThe last ~10 times I've flown have been completely maxed flights. I can't remember the last time I saw an open seat anywhere.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoYep, post-covid it seems like airlines are favoring fewer flights that are more packed. I don't fly a lot (couple times a year), but when I do, it's very rare to see a flight that is not at least 95% full.
- Espressosaurus 2y agoYeah, for the routes I've flown over the last 5-10 years, significant numbers of empty seats are very much the exception rather than the rule, and it got worse post-covid.
- eastbound 2y agoI remember a Lyon -> Bangkok on A380 on April 2nd 2010, we were 50 in the plane (capacity 530). Less than 10% full. With 20 stewards.
- r00fus 2y agoOverbooking is still an industry standard approach to profit maximization. The opportunity cost of being overbooked (rebooking/refunding) is way lower than having a few seats empty because of the average cancellations. tl;dr - airlines are happy to sell you a seat that's taken, betting some % of other people cancel.
- mrgoldenbrown 2y agoCurious what routes you fly, I have been on full flights consistently in the past few years, mostly Boston to Denver
- bityard 2y agoI haven't flown in a number of years, but when I was, it was common knowledge that all airlines intentionally overbooked their flights. If you ended up being one of the unfortunate last 5% (or whatever) to check in, you were effectively turned away and offered a voucher for your trouble. Is that still done?
- WildGreenLeave 2y agoAs far as I know this is a true American problem, I have never heard about this, or have experienced this in Europe or Asia.
- telesilla 2y agoA friend was bumped on a full flight from London to Europe last week because he didn't check in early enough, but I haven't heard of it happening on the continent side.