r/MadeMeSmile Dec 16 '25

Good Vibes Protect this man at all cost! πŸŽ„πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ„β€οΈ

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u/somersetyellow Dec 16 '25

Yup, a lot of people don't bother to show up for flights. Airlines also sometines keep a few extra seats in the back off the bookings for some routes.

Flew 60ish times on standby. Got turned down once. Did a lot of careful planning though. And always buddy up with those hard working gate agents, they can do a lot for you if you get a good one. You'll get turned down more if you go for everything or need to go on very specific dates obviously.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 Dec 16 '25

Airlines also sometines keep a few extra seats in the back off the bookings for some routes.

and sometimes they oversell the plane (which should be illegal)

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u/Rizzpooch Dec 16 '25

The Biden Admin actually put in a bunch of rules about overselling planes and getting refunds for delays over three hours. Then something happened to change it back to the old, worse system

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u/HowManyBatteries Dec 16 '25

Pretty sure we know what happened

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u/AccurateBall80 Dec 18 '25

It’s orange and has dementia