Our opinions are our own. Did you know that rather than risk an empty seat on a flight, airlines sometimes overbook flights and pay up to $1,350 to each bumped passenger? Yes, you read that right.

Book with one of the relatively few carriers that do not overbook flights, notably Ryanair and Jet2. Even then, though, there may be a rare case where some passengers have to be left behind.

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The idea popped into my brain, and then got stuck. My theory was a simple one. We know that airlines overbook their seats, ...

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“Our holiday was therefore shortened to three days instead of four.” Most airlines overbook flights, and it is a long-established and legal way for them to earn more revenue and operate ...

Southwest Airlines will no longer overbook flights, CEO Gary Kelly said on CNBC on Thursday. "I've made the decision, the company has made the decision, that we will cease to overbook going ...

Selling more tickets than there are seats available on an aircraft strikes some people as an appalling business practice – bordering on fraud. After all, theatres and sports venues don’t sell ...

Book with one of the relatively few carriers that do not overbook flights, notably Ryanair and Jet2. Even then, though, there may be a rare case where some passengers have to be left behind. In the ...