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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 7:08 pm
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Originally Posted by CX828
I think at certain times of the year like Christmas and Chinese New Year, where peak travel is usually crammed into only a couple of days, overbooking to an extent they have to leave people behind, happens.
AFAIK - CX usually overbook non-peak seasons.

Usually they did a excellent for peak seasons - at capacity.
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