Originally Posted by
flying officer kite
Mart901,
Unless the policies have suddenly changed EasyJet don't overbook, I've only ever seen it on rare and exceptional circumstances (for example having to send a crew member somewhere on short notice). Ryanair is the same, it keeps things simpler and avoids the need to pay out compensation.
I disagree about EZY, it seems commonplace to oversell with the expectation that there will be no shows (which is surprisingly common)
It may be that they do not do this on European flights compared to intra-UK but they probably have better metrics to decide which flights have the highest likelihood of no shows at the gate. I seriously doubt there is anything like a set 10pc oversell.