Originally Posted by
Explorer789
If the flight needs additional seats, then they should do so only through VDB offers. Had this been the policy, this would have been a non-issue on this flight since GAs would have kept upping the offer and surely someone will go for it in the mid-$1000s.
Agree with this. Let the market sort this out - if United wants to oversell, that's great and we understand the reasons, but there shouldn't be a cap on what it takes to free-up a seat before United can just make their own deal.