“So it is accepted practice by all airlines to overbook.”
I find overbooking, unacceptable.
We blame United, because it was their fault. We have all been abused/treated poorly by airlines, especially after 9/11.
THE FLIGHT WAS NOT OVERBOOKED!!
United kicked four already seated paying customers off the plane to make room for United employees.
As I have told them when bumped
“ you didn’t sell me an airline ticket, you sold me a lottery ticket.”