This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Put an end to overbooking of flights
Overbooking a flight is legal and, regardless of current EU Law Compensation Schemes, airlines are still taking advantage of this practice and it is their costumers who end up facing the consequences.
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In my eyes, there is no reasonable justification to this practice:
- Airlines are well aware an aircraft has a finite number of seats.
- Costumers have paid for their tickets in advance.
- If a costumer decides to cancel a booking, the cost of the ticket is not refunded.
Therefore, airlines are not covering losses, but rather increasing their profits, while costumers bare the stress, loss of income, extra costs and/or ruined holidays.
EU Legislation is in place, but clearly not enough.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/20150201PVL00037/Petitions
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