Nothing......nothing makes them special. But a concert doesn't have procedures in place to deal with this situation. An airline does.
Not many people like to be involved with an overbooked flight. I'll tell you who exactly.....the passengers who don't have a seat yet and the agent who is tasked with dealing with the situation that his upper management put him/her in.
Now we all know that most airlines will offer vouchers/cash/hotels/meals or any combination of the previous to entice people to give up their confirmed reservation for someone who is in more need to go. It's not fun for anyone but in over 20 years of dealing with this I had only 2 people I could not get on the flight they wanted to be on. I couldn't tell you how many flights I've worked but I dare say it's been thousands dealing with 100's of thousands of people and only 2 didn't get on their flight.
The airlines are greedy, I know first hand. They took all they could from their empoyees and they are now sticking it to the customer in many many ways. But the overbooking process, again IMO, is not a problem that needs an immediate fix. Other things are alot higher on that list.
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