This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Ban all airlines operating to and from the UK from overbooking flights.
Ban all airlines operating to and from the UK from the practice of overbooking flights. Alternatively passengers should be informed at the time of booking that the flight is overbooked and that they will be treated as standby passengers. The current pract
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