FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - AS actually oversold on some flights

Jul 10, 2014 | 6:00 pm

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Originally Posted by makfan

Those stats are funny as the AA rate is only a bit higher per 10,000 passengers than AS (0.43 vs 0.39), yet I hear AA ask for volunteers more often. The thing is they often don't use any of them.

I don't think I've ever had a VDB with AS, but I don't seek them out most of the time. I have taken a couple with AA, one of which worked out very nicely.

But, those stats look at the rate of IDB (involuntary denied boardings). If you look at the rate of voluntary bumps, AA is much higher. AA had 14x as many voluntary bumps, but only carried about 4x as many passengers as AS.

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