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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 10:55 am
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All airlines overbook. They do so with the intention of filling the aircraft, and most Y overbooking results in an op-up to J -- so not too many pax complain about this policy. Sometimes events conspire to completely fill flights (sometimes for days at a time).
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