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.

A serious issue for travelers could be quietly brewing amid the booming demand for cruises: oversold ships. Like hotels and airlines, cruise lines may overbook itineraries in anticipation of last ...

Angelo Panzini and Josiel Lopez recorded one goal each for ninth-seeded Middle Township in its 2-1 win over eighth-seeded Overbrook in the first round of the South Jersey, Group 2 Tournament in ...

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.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Transformative Travel: I look at how travel can change lives. The weekend that my family and I got bumped just so happened to be the same ...

In the case of skiplagging, airlines use algorithms to estimate how many passengers will miss their flight, and then intentionally overbook the flight to generate extra revenue. The airline gets ...

This is because airlines can overbook planes due to the chance that a small percentage of passengers won’t show up for the flight. Now, technically the airline shouldn’t automatically boot off ...

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 ...