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Southwest will end practice of overbooking, CEO says
Southwest Airlines will end its practice of overbooking, the carrier's CEO said Thursday morning. (www.usatoday.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I received a hotel for the night (we were exhausted and traveling with small children ) and 4 round trip tickets on Delta. You can bump me anytime!
Commerical airline travel is not the only mode of transportation. If a traveler(s) must be somewhere in the continental US, or the world, and absolutely must not be inconvenienced in any way, they should buy their own airplane/pilot, charter an airplane, become a U.S. Congressman/Senator, drive a car, take a cruise ship, ride the train or buy a ticket on a "Silver Dog" (i.e., Greyhound Bus).
At least the UAL passengers weren't robbed like the Bay Area Rapid Transit ("BART") passengers were at a station in Oakland, CA. Did the media flood the airways with this coveage, did ("BART") refund the passengers money and then fall all over themselves aplogizing? Are inconvenienced (robbed) rapid transit passengers not worthy of media coverage?
At least the UAL passengers weren't robbed like the Bay Area Rapid Transit ("BART") passengers were at a station in Oakland, CA. Did the media flood the airways with this coveage, did ("BART") refund the passengers money and then fall all over themselves aplogizing? Are inconvenienced (robbed) rapid transit passengers not worthy of media coverage?
I know policies and procedures have and are changing, but when I was working gates,before we even began boarding the flight,we would check the seating chart,number of people with boarding passes,number of passengers on the oversale list not yet accommodated, and then we would start making the dreaded "flight is oversold, would you like to volunteer for whatever amount", announcement..we would "up" the amount offered if need be and if it were a family for example to get more seats,give better seats on another flight and meal vouchers at the airport..overnight accommodations were not offered unless the volunteer was unable to be booked on another flight within a few hours...going on board to solicit volunteers is the last resort and not a fun thing to do..(although i will say if you used a sense of humor often more people would volunteer who did not initially want to give up a seat)..I will be curious to see how overbooking can and will be avoided,when it is done to account for "no shows" with reservations...
Overbooking keeps airfare's down. Now expect them to go up.
Man oh man, I love SWA.
way to go Southwest...