“All I really want is money in my pocket” – Wiley
Featured in iconic, Kubrick-esque masterpiece of the silver screen ‘Street Dance 3D’, Wiley’s lyric is intensely relatable for commercial airline bosses.
48. They overbook the flights literally all the time
It’s part of their pricing structure and a large proportion of their profits are contingent on this practise.
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Cheap airlines can keep their flights cheap by consistently selling more tickets than there are per plane, banking on some passengers missing the boat, as it were.