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Old Nov 30, 2018, 6:28 pm
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Because there's likely a decent chance at least some on full fare tickets cancel and/or others no show. All the airlines model this quite closely based on historical metrics. Plus, it's likely at least someone will take a voucher to be bumped. I've been on many oversold flights lately, and, after making the announcement, either enough no show or enough take the relatively low value voucher.
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