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Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:47:03 GMT
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LPIEN@saynotospamIWANTNOSPAM.CTP.COM
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Steven Vore wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> They overbook by a certain percentage because they know that a percentage
> won't show. When everyone (or at least more than there are seats on the
> plane) does show, they ask for volunteers. If, after that, they still have
> too many people, they look for Larry so they can bump him ;-)
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).
> I used to work at the reservations for a major-chain hotel. Same thing.
> Always overbook based on a percentage (which varies due to day of the week,
> holidays, phase of the moon, and who knows what other factors that might
> predict no-shows) and keep a listing of other area hotels handy in the odd
> even that everyone arrives. Belive me, we rarely had to bump anyone...
> maybe our percentage-guesser was better than that of the airlines.
and maybe your load factor was lower... the typical hotel load factor
averages in the 60s these days. But a hotel that gets a lot of
convention traffic will run with tighter percentages. They'll still be
the most likely to send someone elsewhere.
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