Alas, not all bookings were created equal...
’s typical rate of passengers who don’t show up for departure is an average of 5%, or around nine would-be travellers per full flight.
So it makes sense for them to play those numbers, but sometimes it can backfire if everybody defies the odds by showing up on fly day. There’s also always a chance that, for one technical reason or another, the size of the aircraft has had to change on the day of departure.First, per European air passengers’ rights rules, the airline has to ask for people to volunteer to be bumped onto another flight in exchange for monetary compensation.
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