Originally Posted by WorldLux

I remember that for the future. Just in case I need to weasel out of a contract.

The first question is: Who is responsible for allocating more seats than available? The passenger? No, the airline. It earns extra money by doing so. If nobody wants to deplane for $800, they should've raised the offer. At some point, somebody will volunteer.

How would you feel if you booked a full fare Y ticket, that's more than $1000 than the super discounted ticket the next morning? If you agreed to the $800 to fly the next morning, you would effectively make a loss of $200, that you paid too much.

You might disagree with my opinion, but I firmly believe in the binding effect of contracts and the vision that both sides shall perform the contract as agreed upon. Regarding T&Cs/CoCs, I have a very critic opinion when it comes to agreements between professional parties and consumers and particularly if these documents contain unusual clauses that are unnecessarily unfavorable to consumers (given that most customers don't read them).