Not sure what they did on 826 out of Melbourne with the extra people, but when took off, business and First were full as well, so some people must have been upgraded for free or something? The check in line was the longest, and slowest moving that I have ever seen it in Melb- which is the reason the flight was late leaving. We got in line at 10:45 and stood in it until 12:15 before reaching the counter! There were at least 150 and maybe 200+ people behind us. It didn't seem as though they had enough staff on to handle the full flight or something?
Our flight from LAX-ORD was also oversold and they announced at the gate that they needed 6 people to surrender their seats in exchange for traveling first class on the following flight and also getting a free round-trip ticket that can be used from anywhere to anywhere and back in the continental US before the end of 09........which I though at the time was a good deal........and so did the other 40+ people that jumped out of their chairs and rushed the ticket counter.
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5th January 2009, 10:29 AM
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