Originally Posted by
canadiancow
If there are 101 people booked for 100 seats, and you're rebooked to a later flight, then you show up at the gate, what do you expect?
We're not talking about standby. We're talking about confirmed passengers who did not have seat assignments until you were offloaded by the system.
I would expect the airline to follow its own rules. If I have a seat assignment on an overbooked flight, I'm in all likelihood higher priority in the IDB order than someone who's confirmed without a seat assignment. I shouldn't be offloaded by the GA before the deadline, which is usually 30 minutes before scheduled departure for international flights and about 15 minutes for domestic flights.