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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by UA-NYC
You guys really miss the big picture here. There's an easy and proven way to keep the IDB rates significantly lower than the current industry-leading level - fair & easily executed VDBs.
Actually that's not the proven way to do it. The proven way to do it is to simply not overbook. That's what B6 does and their numbers are actually the best. Everyone else is inconveniencing passengers.

If the issue is that ANYONE is getting IDB'd then simply don't put yourself in a position for that to happen. If the issue is the rate then I'll repeat the previous assertion: It really isn't that many people and the chances of it actually affecting you are so small as to not really be a concern.
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