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Old Dec 22, 2021 | 10:15 pm
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Originally Posted by kb1992
I totally disagree with the notion that Y was oversold.

The flight took off with more than 100 empty Y seats.

In fact, UA never oversells China flights since COVID. There is a capacity control by the Chinese authority (80% or something).



Yes, this is possible.

However, I am still puzzled by UA's fuzzy "Blocking" practice. What purpose does this serve?

China doesn't care "blocking" or not. Only the final number counts.
The response above is pretty insightful, but just to clarify, the blocking (or held) seats is just math to keep total bookings < 75% of total aircraft capacity.
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