7 passengers removed from flight after apparent overbooking

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by flyonpa

To make More money.....

Well, duh. My argument is it shouldn't be legal to sell something you do not have.

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould

Flying out of JFK last month, I watched three flights leave after calling out no-show names several times.

Each time, right after closing the plane up, a group of passengers came racing up. One group was two couples who were clearly intoxicated, each accusing the other for their difficulty in getting to the gate. Another was three guys with backpacks who were moving at a pretty fast pace, late connection from Chicago, I believe. The third was a family with half a dozen kids. The husband didn't not speak English well. It appeared they had gotten confused on the gate number.

So in about half an hour, fifteen seats had to be rebooked. Not sure if American charged them additional fees or just found seats for them.

So even though the seats left empty, it was not pure profit for the airlines.

Selling seats that you KNOW aren't taken is different from what I am talking about.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

Selling seats that you KNOW aren't taken is different from what I am talking about.

Actually, we are talking about the same thing.

Airline overbook knowing that some of the seats will not be occupied by the passengers who bought them. Nonetheless they will still be required to provide transportation for these late passengers on another flight, so it is hardly pure profit. By booking them on later flights, they miss the possibility of last minute purchases.

However, this does not appear to be the situation in this case.

According to the latest report I could find, it was broken seat that started all the fuss.

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