Another first for me. SLC-ATL at 8:20am was oversold by 8 yesterday. They were actually offering to rebook passengers immediately on an 8:22am flight, through Phoenix, that would get them into Atlanta about two hours after the original flight. Offer was a $200 gift card. I was flying to PBI and asked them to check a routing through JFK that would get us in three hours later than scheduled, and it was available. $400 gift card each for two of us.
This is the first time I've seen agents offering to rebook people immediately rather than having to wait through boarding to see how many no-shows they got. My guess is that the next couple of nonstop flights to ATL were also oversold. And I appreciate how proactive they were with offering immediate rebooking.