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Delta to passengers: What do you want for your seat?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Delta Air Lines has launched a system for travelers who are willing to get bumped from overbooked flights to auction their seats to the carrier. (money.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It really makes a lot of sense.
Hey here's and idea, why don't they sell the same amount of tickets as they have seats on the plane?
They would be missing out on people wanting to give them money at that point! You think an airline is going to refuse money from the traveling public?
cuz not everyone shows up for each flight
Well guess what?Whether everyone shows up or not, the seats are paid for as the tickets are non-refundable in most cases. So if they get a no-show, Delta has the opportunity to double sell that seat. In fact, now, if you dont cancel before flight time and no-show, the airline cancels the whole booking and keeps ALL of the money.....
Overbooking is passe with those new policies in place..The only airline that I know of that does not overbook is Allegiant Air....
Overbooking is just a vehicle to try and make extra money, but with the DBC vouchers they have to give out, they are giving money away...Whats the point?
Overbooking is passe with those new policies in place..The only airline that I know of that does not overbook is Allegiant Air....
Overbooking is just a vehicle to try and make extra money, but with the DBC vouchers they have to give out, they are giving money away...Whats the point?
You are obviously not a student of statistics, nor have you looked close enough at the voucher programs. Whether I might like it or not, I have a pretty close tie to the industry and the processes that takes place in booking. It makes financial sense to oversell and maximize profit by always having a full flight, even in the instances that vouchers have to be issued. Typically the aircraft is not in an oversold situation when vouchers are issued, but it is an aircraft, crew or weather issue that requires the extra compensation. The vouchers are only increased by one or two in the over booking situation. Furthermore, the people that use vouchers are restricted to certain flights and usually spend another 25-30% of their own money. So now they are flying on flights that would require little or no money to send them on, but they are using the vouchers (which in turn really costs the issuing airline nothing) and spending even more money with the airline! It really is a smart business decision and people are rarely displaced due directly to overbooking. Especially with all the big mergers, the airlines have been able to assign the right aircraft to the right routes based on loads, so overbooking is more of a non-issue than it was in the recent past.
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It's called customer service, people. Get a clue!
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It's called customer service, people. Get a clue!