Getting Bumped: When Airlines Overbook, You Might Lose Your Seat
In some cases, travelers are "bumped" from their pre-booked flights.
Airlines overbook and sell more than 100 percent of a particular flight's seats because they assume some
people with reservations won't show up for the flight - the average no-show rate across the aviation industry is
about 15 percent. Sometimes everyone shows up, which means there won't be enough seats to go around
and someone must be left behind. Those who are left behind have been bumped from the flight and will
have to take a later flight. There are two types of bumping - voluntary and involuntarily. Read
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