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Old Feb 24, 2017, 5:34 am
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Originally Posted by ryw
My lack of faith in WN's technical abilities leads me to believe that they won't adjust their overbooking algorithm until they (presumably) see an uptick in IDBs after May.... I doubt we'd ever get numbers, but I'm personally really curious about how much WN figures they're losing due to double bookings.

I often do the multiple same day bookings when I'm not sure when a meeting will end, and am disappointed that loophole won't be available going forward, though I recognize it's technically against the CoC (I wonder if the A List same day standby policy was made with this in mind. Would seem to hurt non-AListers who engage in this practice though).

I guess this also means doing "shuttle" mileage runs won't work going forward (e.g. I flew back and forth between OAK & LGB 4 times in 1 day last fall for the 10 flight CP promotion)
Or possible a courier-type job?
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