| ▲ | ericpauley 2 days 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 2 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
> 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_... | ||||||||||||||
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