This isn't just limited to last minute checkins. I bet you (not bet actually know) that flights 2 weeks from now are oversold by 50 seats and I bet if I called right now and booked a flight on that particular flight do you think the CSR would even inform me of the flight being that oversold? Not a c...

Yeah but oversell by 50 seats. Thats pure BS expecting 1 in 5 passengers to not show up. They should be charged for selling a product they don't have in possession. I am 100% sure there are laws against that.

I have a friend at AC that tells me they quite often oversell flights by as much as 50 seats? How is this allowed? Are you allowed to sell an item that you know does not exist? Does AC say to the passengers "sorry we intentionally oversold the flight by 50 seats" or do they just say "sorry the fligh...