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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 9:35 am
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Originally Posted by joshua362
Thanks for the clarifciation Victor. Regarding the above, I assume "sold out" doesn't mean 137 seats sold but 137 plus a some amount as a cushion for historical no shows?

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You assume correctly!
Sold out means sold out of the number of seats allocated to sell for that flight which may include overbooking based on historical no-show factors and current booking trends.
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