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Originally Posted by DC2LV
I thought my statement was self-explanatory. You said that overbooking by airlines is ridiculous and I just pointed out that that was standard throughout the travel and entertainment agency. But if you need me to expound on why they do it....
You are amusingly condescending for someone who doesn't understand how seat selection on a flight works.
Overbooking being standard in T&E does not invalidate the practice being ridiculous either in one segment or all of them. Taking off our shoes at airport security happens almost everywhere for the average airline passenger in the USA. Just because something is standard doesn't stop it from being ridiculous.
You are pretending that because I said something that is standard is ridiculous, that I must not understand why it's standard, so that you can make a condescending explanation. Now that's ridiculous.
Your final conclusion presents a false dichotomy. There are other solutions, including not selling refundable tickets, or pricing refundable tickets higher. They can also implement other strategies that some people fall for, such as the one you fell for by thinking your wife wouldn't be able to fly on the plane if you didn't select a seat during the booking process.