Originally Posted by
linglingfool
If a flight is oversold, are 7 & 8 still held for airport assignment? I checked in 4 hours early on both ends of ORD-PVR-ORD last week, and 7D had already been assigned (in both cases to quite able-bodied pax). It was my impression that only the disabilities desk could unlock these in advance -- am I mistaken?
1. The flight is not
oversold until more passengers show up at the gate holding confirmed tickets than there are seats on the plane. Prior to that, it may be considered
overbooked. Most overbooked flights do not become oversold.
2. Blocked seats are not released because the flight is overbooked. Releasing blocked seats would not help anything if the flight subsequently became oversold. If anything, it would make an oversold situation worse.
3. Disabilities are not always readily apparent to the naked eye.