Originally Posted by
fastair
How that applies for the OP situation, you all can figure out on your own, but if Toyota can save huge money by placing their riveting machine at a more appropriate height for the riverter, airlines can use to tweak their available selling inventory to do the same thing.
I have no problem with airlines being more vigilant about duplicate bookings. Just be upfront about it and tell the paying customer.

Also, this booking was for about a month from now, so it seems this proactive move was a bit premature IMHO.