Originally Posted by
findark
They've been overbooking J by 1 on SFO-FRA for a while.. it is indeed pretty weird.
I have seen J on other SFO-XXX int'l flights overbooked by a seat... SIN was doing that last year... and seen it on SYD too. SFO typically sees a lot of missed connections onto int'l, so the statisticians feel it's worth it to sell an extra seat, and worst case scenario, UA has to cough up a $1500 voucher to downgrade someone back to Y or Premium Plus.