Originally Posted by
thejaredhuang
I guess hub-hub, which I usually fly, isn't very VDB friendly.
It runs both ways. It's likely that they're willing to overbook by more seats on a hub-hub route, both because the extra seats are extremely lucrative and because they know some people will misconnect. However, the fact that some people will misconnect means that they're less likely to need the volunteers that they asked for in the first place. If UA is doing their job properly -- and evidence suggests that they are -- these two factors should basically cancel out.