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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by OAK AAFlier
the plane is listed as having 267 seats and so far there are 274 seats sold with another 11 non-rev's listed.
This plane is overbooked. It will not be oversold unless at least 268 passengers with confirmed space show up at the gate on-time.

If that happens, do not listen to all the advice on this thread to wait during the reverse "auction" to get a higher voucher. Everybody gets the same amount, the highest amount required to get the required number of passengers to agree to the bump. Waiting for a higher number only gets you what it apparently got some of these posters - off the list for a bump they wanted.
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