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Aug 30, 2007 | 1:13 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Weatherboy

While the involuntary/voluntary denied boarding numbers speak for themselves, have you noticed your own no-show rate changing on CO --and if so, why?

In 2006 I flew 125 CO segments with just one VDB voucher "score".

So far in 2007 I've taken advantage of seven bumps (total $2200) due to oversold CO aircraft (with 62 CO segments flown).

The down-side is my upgrade rate (PLAT) is just 36% this year (vs 73% in 2006).

I would absolutely agree that the no-show rate is down........