Why do airlines seem to overbook flights so often, especially when they end up having to pay extra in rewards to passengers who give up their seats?

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It just seems like it happens so often, and airlines will sometimes offer you three times the price of the ticket just to stay a few extra hours. Seems like it’d be easy to just…stop selling tickets once the plane is full??

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Plenty of people miss their flight by simply being late. Also, there are people who fly for business, and it would be a huge problem for them to take a later flight due to scheduling an important business meeting. The problem is when a businessman gets bumped off of a full flight, even if he arrives on time. So…many business people book two separate tickets, and cancel one as they are boarding.

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