why do ezy need to overbook?
I agree with A&C here. On a low cost carrier, with a no refund policy, a seat sold is money in the bank. It doesn't matter how many pax occupy the aeroplane or how many seats depart with nobody sitting in them, the flight is paid for. Overbooking seems immoral and a gamble by the company to squeeze a little more profit by double selling an few extra seats. If the gamble doesn't come off the company sees this as a financial mistake but that doesn't take into account the personal cost to the passengers being bumped., none of whom consented to be the stakes in a gamble. As I was about to depart Bristol on Ryanair last week (got what I paid for and arrived safely and on time) there was a PA announcement asking for volunteers to have their bags unloaded from an Easyjet flight so this occurence is not as rare as some posters might believe.