Originally Posted by
ThreeJulietTango
That's the case when the flight becomes (relatively) unexpectedly load-restricted, such as if there are stronger winds than forecast. If it's a restriction known in advance then AA will artificially limit the amount of seats for sale.
Sounds good......but in reality LAA did not operate that way. Saw long haul flights LR 10+ days out of a month, all with bumped pax, or just avoided it by the skin of there teeth by two no-shows. Certain routes during certain times of the year may be considered "unexpected" in that it doesn't happen every day. But when there is a 40%+ of unfavorable winds, you cannot consider that unexpected.
But again, as I have said, it appears the way they handle such things has changed from what Microwave said.
~TG