Joy Dutta’s blog

Just a while back I had a chat with a friend of mine who works with an Airline company. I now have a clearer notion of what might have triggered the incident.

Normally many passengers book tickets in advance and in cheap. In peak season, some passengers pay a hefty sum for seats at the last moment. Many airlines overbook from the last moment passengers and to accomodate them, make an announcement for Voluntary Denied Boarding (VDB) before departure, asking for people to give up their seats, usually with perks like free round trip tickets.

What happened for me was Involuntary Denied Boarding, as I clearly remember when two of us were thrown out from the plane, two other guys were let inside. The airlines people just had to find an excuse, and my “sweating” might have been just made up.

Now thats interesting, isnt it ?

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