Originally Posted by
Max Angle
The only ones who don't overbook are those that don't have enough passengers to do it.
So how does this routine overbooking work then?
When you buy a ticket, or if you don't want to pay the couple of quid extra it's when you check in a week ahead of travel, you choose your seat from amongst those that nobody else has chosen.
Do airlines which routinely overbook allocate the same seat to two passengers then? The online system which is showing you which seats on your flight are still free is simply lying?