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This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Ban airlines from being able to overbook flights.

After our recent honeymoon to Africa, our flight was overbooked. Luckily, after a very stressful while, we were able to board last minute.
This needs to stop - it causes unecessary stress, it's is immoral and simply unfair.

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However, I don't understand how this is allowed. If a passenger doesn't show up for a flight, they don't get a refund. So the airline still gets that money.
It's like selling 55000 concert tickets for a venue that only seats 50000! Booking an un Uber for 10, but you can only take 4! Selling a house to 2 people, but only 1 can live in it! None of this would be allowed...
Essentially, airlines are conning passengers.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The issue you raise is the responsibility of the European Union, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could start a new petition asking that when we leave the EU the Government and Parliament make a new law to require airlines operating out of UK airports to guarantee that they will not overbook flights, if that's what you'd like to happen.

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