Originally Posted by mmxbreaks

How I see it: they're selling CE seats, knowing these (in essence) cut down the number of economy passengers that can be seated. If the airline has to op-up passengers then they should receive the service of the cabin in which they're flying IMO. With the knowledge of overbooking occurring, I don't think it's unreasonable for the carrier to up their food order volume to adjust for such a situation - which is entirely of their own creation.