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neo/racin, if you go to AA.com and look up your reservations (use 6 letter code on your itinerary), does it show you as having seats on the plane... can you change your seats? I've got unassigned seats all the way to Miami and neither of the two flights there show available seats.
I've got seats on the way back. Just wished I would of looked earlier and seen if there was some better ones I could of gotten.
I've got seats on the way back. Just wished I would of looked earlier and seen if there was some better ones I could of gotten.
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Yeah... I think, for some reason, there is no way for anybody to assign seats on the two flights on the way down. I mean, there is absolutely no options and I don't have any assigned seat as of yet too.
I just don't want to sit in the middle.
I just don't want to sit in the middle.
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Originally Posted by Jenna
neo/racin, if you go to AA.com and look up your reservations (use 6 letter code on your itinerary), does it show you as having seats on the plane... can you change your seats? I've got unassigned seats all the way to Miami and neither of the two flights there show available seats.
I've got seats on the way back. Just wished I would of looked earlier and seen if there was some better ones I could of gotten.
I've got seats on the way back. Just wished I would of looked earlier and seen if there was some better ones I could of gotten.
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As usual, expect the airlines to sell about 150% of their capacity, and depend on a third of the people not showing up for the flight...of course if they do, not everyone gets on. There's just something basically wrong when they sell the same seat twice, and confirm that same seat to both people. 
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Airlines often overbook flights, according to the ATA. Overbooking is the practice of selling more tickets for a flight than there are seats available. Airlines justify this practice by using historical analysis of traveller behavior. Often, travelers don't show up for a flight that they have a reservation for, or they don't make it to the gate in time. There are also travelers who reserve seats on multiple airlines and flights to ensure their travel plans. The ATA reports that airlines take great care in selecting which flights to overbook. They look at a flight's history of no-shows and try to match the overbook number to that.
Obviously, overbooking can sometimes cause problems, such as when more people show up for a flight than there are seats available. When that happens, airlines give special incentives to travelers who are willing to give up their seats. Usually, these volunteers are given free fare on another flight. If an airline is forced to bump a passenger involuntarily, the airline must compensate that person.
Obviously, overbooking can sometimes cause problems, such as when more people show up for a flight than there are seats available. When that happens, airlines give special incentives to travelers who are willing to give up their seats. Usually, these volunteers are given free fare on another flight. If an airline is forced to bump a passenger involuntarily, the airline must compensate that person.
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2 tC, yeah, it does give us an option to change our seats. But for our two flights there, our seat is set to "unassigned" and the little picture of the airplane seats all have little gray Xs all over them. Can't select a seat.
Tom, is that what happens when they over book? I was thinking it might of been that they weren't entirely sure what type of plane we'd be in, therefore couldn't give us seat numbers.
neo/Racin, maybe we can tell the flight attendants we'd like to sit close to each other when we board. I'd prefer to not sit in the middle though, lol. Of course, I'm not exactly a barrel of laughs though...
Tom, is that what happens when they over book? I was thinking it might of been that they weren't entirely sure what type of plane we'd be in, therefore couldn't give us seat numbers.
neo/Racin, maybe we can tell the flight attendants we'd like to sit close to each other when we board. I'd prefer to not sit in the middle though, lol. Of course, I'm not exactly a barrel of laughs though...
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I dunno, Jenna. Each airline site is different, and each airline is different.
I'm assigned seats on all flights, some airlines don't pre-assign on certain flights, some airlines don't assign at all (SouthWest), some overbook to an incredible amount (Alaska, United), some don't overbook (JetBlue).
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I'm assigned seats on all flights, some airlines don't pre-assign on certain flights, some airlines don't assign at all (SouthWest), some overbook to an incredible amount (Alaska, United), some don't overbook (JetBlue).
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I suspect meet in the lobby - or at Cheeseburger Baby's - at 9PM or so. That will probably be less than 15 minutes after I get checked in after spending a long day on airplanes, so I'm having to depend on all the 'earlier arrivals' to have everything all sorted out and running smoothly. 
See y'all in Miami!
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See y'all in Miami!
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hmm, I thought the plan was for 10 pm at burgerbabies, would love to get a burger after the long flight, I am getting excited about this trip, took the next two days off to get things organized so that there won't be any worries while I'm gone. As I said earlier, look out Miami, Washington is coming to town, lock up your wives and daughters, lol.
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It was originally 10PM to allow people a little time after getting in, Robbie - I don't know how 9PM snuck in here. 
10PM would probably be better for us left coasters - after all, it's only 7PM "real time."
Thing is, it's a vast democracy, and we each only get one vote.
I'll try to hit whatever time is set, but 10PM is what I would like to see as the target.
See you in Miami!
10PM would probably be better for us left coasters - after all, it's only 7PM "real time."
Thing is, it's a vast democracy, and we each only get one vote.
I'll try to hit whatever time is set, but 10PM is what I would like to see as the target.
See you in Miami!