Actually this happened to me this summer, came to board the flight and there weren’t any seat left, so they told me to go to the gate in case somebody didn’t show up.
I was lucky enough to board the plane, but yeah, overbooking is a thing in Europe
Yes it is, but a passenger has so many consumer rights that it can end up more expensive for airlines to overbook than it is to lose a fare or two. It’s very rare for it to happen, and it’s usually US airlines that do it in the EU because their US passengers don’t know their rights in the EU
Actually this happened to me this summer, came to board the flight and there weren’t any seat left, so they told me to go to the gate in case somebody didn’t show up. I was lucky enough to board the plane, but yeah, overbooking is a thing in Europe
Yes it is, but a passenger has so many consumer rights that it can end up more expensive for airlines to overbook than it is to lose a fare or two. It’s very rare for it to happen, and it’s usually US airlines that do it in the EU because their US passengers don’t know their rights in the EU