Your rights if you’re bumped from an overbooked flight - and how to avoid it
Following reports that Easyjet selected a three-year-old child to be “involuntarily offloaded” from a flight, do you know your rights regarding your seat on an overbooked plane?
Be sure not to get caught out on your next holiday with this troublesome travelling situation.
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There’s a number of reasons that planes oversell seats on a flight - it’s a completely legal practice undertaken by many airlines.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) explains: “Sometimes airlines book more people onto a flight than there are seats on the plane. This is because people don’t always turn up — despite having booked a flight.”
“Airlines may also be unable to carry all passengers for other reasons, such as using a smaller aircraft than planned.”
This results in situations where too many people will try to check in for the same flight.
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