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Old Jun 29, 2005 | 7:04 pm
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Even if it shows 3 seats for sale, none of us know how many seats they oversell the flight to begin with. It might already be oversold by 10-15 seats, and the airline is willing to oversell even more. They anticipate that a certain number of travelers will not show up.
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