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Originally Posted by jimworcs
If the flight is overbooked and the passengers who have a contract for a seat turn up, Delta will renege on the contract. However, no such option exists for the passenger.
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If you check in for the flight in a timely manner then overbooking shouldn't be an issue. It's the people who refuse to check in online and show up 35 minutes before departure to check in that encounter issues with possibly being denied boarding involuntarily but really when they don't take the responsibility to be at the airport on time then they deserve what they get!
You keep saying that overbooking should not be allowed however if that were to come to pass then fares would go up. We hear all the time of people fighting tooth and nail to get back a $15 baggage fee so how do you think the average traveler would react to a $50 fare hike when the airlines are no longer allowed to overbook?
Personally the most a flight I've been on has been oversold by is 12 and that was under extenuating circumstances. It's usually only by a few and sometimes I'll get on the list and they won't even need my seat since there were enough no-shows to offset the overbooking.