> I fly Southwest, which guarantees no seats, but offers free changes.
I think you mean it doesn’t guarantee specific seats. It still absolutely has to guarantee you a seat on the plane or suffer the same penalty as any other airline for overbooking. They are not exempt from that requirement.
Right, just pointing out that people ITT seem to think there's a bigger market for reserving a particular (car/seat), with the buyer bearing the costs for changes.
Southwest is the opposite of that, as are most of the rental car companies.
That's how the 'full service' airlines reserved seats, but there isn't a lot of extra profit in it. People want cheap and flexible transportation more than they want a particular seat or car.
Yeah but all airlines overbook and they're pretty good at it, but sometimes there aren't enough seats, but it's certainly no a Southwest only thing. I've always done just fine with them.
I think you mean it doesn’t guarantee specific seats. It still absolutely has to guarantee you a seat on the plane or suffer the same penalty as any other airline for overbooking. They are not exempt from that requirement.