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Overbooking is not a mistake, though. People miss flights for many reasons, and the airlines predict this with impressive accuracy, to the point that they can a
by ericpauley 2y ago
Overbooking is not a mistake, though. People miss flights for many reasons, and the airlines predict this with impressive accuracy, to the point that they can afford to pay tremendous sums for being wrong and yet still come out ahead.
- branko_d 2y ago> afford to pay tremendous sums for being wrong Or they can just haul you forcefully from the flight you paid for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Express_passenger_removal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Express_passenger_...
- scarface_74 2y agoThis is ridiculous. There must have been some amount of money that would have convinced four people to deplane voluntarily. $800 was ridiculously low.
- ericpauley 2y agoCase in point! Imagine how much United(Express) settled this for.