Speaking of financial hits-I was out yesterday and stopped at a deli to grab a sandwich. They had both Coke and Pepsi products for sale, but they were almost sold out of the Coke and fully stocked on the Pepsi. I live in a very mixed neighborhood and guessed that the tone-deaf ad Pepsi just pulled had something to do…

I despise the practice of overbooking, but there are times when
“no-shows” do cost the airline money. The most common one: The no-shows were delayed from a connecting flight due to weather, and the airline books them on a future flight at no charge.

People not showing up is the free market in action. All these big bad private enterprises turn into fucking jellyfish when the invisible hand slaps them around.

You seem to be justifying the incompetence of United quite a lot here 

If United wasn’t ALSO the worst fucking airline in the history of airlines (ohhhhh boy do I have stories), I’d almost feel bad for how much they’re being crucified for this.

I’m saying that the overselling is a way for them to maximize their revenue. They may raise fares, or they may take a hit, or they may come up with more innovative solutions. Remember when you could show up at the gate and try to get on the waitlist for an earlier flight? I do. But we should stop reflexively…

So what.

One little known law (which should be very widely known) that’s been getting more attention because of this is the fact that airlines must compensate you in cash (not vouchers), if you are bumped off a flight due to overbooking and that causes you to be delayed getting to your next destination. As the Department of…

But what does that matter — they rarely are giving the absentee passenger their money back. The seat is sold either way (I know there is more to it, I just hate airlines and their nonsense ticketing policies).

Oh man I would be on board with a Reddit storm. Not by contributing because I’m generally useless. Just clapping them on.

I hope this results in legislation that prohibits overbooking. Airlines should just be permitted to sell out their seats. If someone misses their flight, the airline keeps the fare and doesn’t get to make 2x the money because of overbooking.

As a lawyer, I say yes they did.

If you don’t show up you are still charged for the ticket, though (at least, that’s what happened to me when I missed a flight). So airlines just want to make twice the money of one seat, and I can’t summon up a whole lot of sympathy for that.

Right? United tried to steal the value of his plane ticket and when he wouldn’t let them rob him fast enough he got beat up. What. The. Fuck. I hope that ticket was expensive as hell. Like grand larceny expensive.

I believe the correct term is “Voluntold”.

A lack of planning on United’s part doesn’t constitute an emergency on mine.

That’s United’s problem, not the paying passengers.

United’s response to this has just been awful. Amazing that they’re still just sending the “please contact law enforcement” bullshit deflection response to requests for comment. They are currently being crucified in the court of public opinion across the internet. Reddit’s ready to burn their corporate headquarters…

This is absolutely no comment on how I feel about how United handled that girl but Holy False Equivalency, Batman.

The treatment of religious minorities in Egypt is appalling. Still, there’s nothing wrong with amplifying the good to counteract the evil of Daesh.