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Old May 15, 2011 | 5:23 am
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MichielR
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Geneva
Programs: AFKL Plat for life, LX FTL for life and now also BA Blue for life
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Pull your FTL from the booking and not using OLCI will usually give you a chance of IDB/VDB on a full flight.

On weekend flights, many people wouldn't accept a VDB because most would want to get back in time for work on Monday.

Few Sundays ago on BCN-GVA flight was overbooked and I as SEN got an op-up, whereas a friend (no M&M status, no OLCI) who was on the same flight was waitlisted (and then given a seat by the C/I supervisor when they saw he was travelling with me).
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