Dark Cloud
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Could someone please help me out on a question about passenger booking? A neighbor just came to the house and was laughing about U''s booking system, and how we are loosing money. Here''s what happened friday afternoon in Phil. and maybe someone can explain why.
He was booked on a 3:30 flight from Phl to Bos. He arrived early at the airport and and asked if there were any seats that he could take on the 1:30 flight from Phl. The agent was very nice and said that there were plenty of seats open on the 1:30, but it would cost a extra $100. And he was told that the 3:30 was overbooked by about 40 people. There was 3 other men traveling with him so it would of been a extra $400. They all decided to wait till the 3:30 flight. At the 3:30 flight they were asking for volunteers. He was shocked that the airline was going to pay all these volunteers a extra ticket and whatever else when they could of just put him and his 3 co riders on the 1:30 and saved at least the volunteer payback. He was wondering why , if the airline knows the flight at 3:30 is way overbooked, why can''t the company have a system of paging 3:30 flight people that are at the airport, to see if they would like a earlier flight. You have to be at the airport early anyways. It just seems like a waste of money, the way we have that problem. Is there any logic I can tell this neighbor?
He was booked on a 3:30 flight from Phl to Bos. He arrived early at the airport and and asked if there were any seats that he could take on the 1:30 flight from Phl. The agent was very nice and said that there were plenty of seats open on the 1:30, but it would cost a extra $100. And he was told that the 3:30 was overbooked by about 40 people. There was 3 other men traveling with him so it would of been a extra $400. They all decided to wait till the 3:30 flight. At the 3:30 flight they were asking for volunteers. He was shocked that the airline was going to pay all these volunteers a extra ticket and whatever else when they could of just put him and his 3 co riders on the 1:30 and saved at least the volunteer payback. He was wondering why , if the airline knows the flight at 3:30 is way overbooked, why can''t the company have a system of paging 3:30 flight people that are at the airport, to see if they would like a earlier flight. You have to be at the airport early anyways. It just seems like a waste of money, the way we have that problem. Is there any logic I can tell this neighbor?