Originally Posted by jessej

no, the planes will fly
but it leads to people stacking up in europe - sometimes

in general anytime the lf going over is above .67, there are problems

this is what happened to me

on the way out, i was on the 7 pm flight, the 2nd flight of the day
it was overbooked
i voluntarily gave up my seat
and got a 300 euro credit for a future flight
they immediately issed me the credit and told me to check back in an 90 minutes

90 minutes later they returned my ticket and told me to board
apparently not all the overbooked people had shown
or those who showed up late were denied boarding

but on the way back
i was one of 20 people who were denied boarding
they gave a choice of 600 euros cash or 800 euro credit
i took the cash
we were all sent to the express by holiday inn at cdg for the nite
- a terrible hotel by the way
returned the next morning
and was offered another 300 euros to give up my seat and take the night flight

i wonder if the fares they charge are high enough to offset caused by their overbooking policy?

i paid $601 roundtrip for my ticket
so i know they lost money on me
as i got
600 euro in cash and 300 euro in credit