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  Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
 
Yes, see for example this headline from last week's Atlanta Journal/Constitution - "OVERBOOKED: Delta 'denied' 13,449: Atlanta air carrier ranks seventh among U.S. airlines" During the past year(?) they had to turn that many people involuntarily. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
 
(...) Won't happen, I would usually already have volunteered (I volunteer on Fridays but not on Sundays as I have more flexibility at the start). (...) and maybe your load factor was lower... the typical hotel load factor averages in the 60s these (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
 
(...) have (...) Ah, well... if you've volunteered then they don't count it as a "bump" - though you, the customer, might of course still do so. -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (25 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
 
(...) This reminded me of my "twilight zone" trip two years ago - driving across the states as a vacation(1) ended up hitting Minneapolis fairly late - tried to get a room and to misuse a quote "there were none to be found" after trying about 8 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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