Originally Posted by
Wpgjetse
What are you talking about. Airlines have been overselling flight forever. In fact, I would say, overselling has gotten better(less) over the years. Better system allows airlines to control seat inventory better.
That depends what you mean by "better". 25 years ago the overselling was so rampant that I could get vouchers for almost any of my regular flights. Now it's more of a rare occurrence. I miss getting those.