{"id":13099,"date":"2017-04-13T11:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T15:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=13099"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T15:59:06","slug":"the-solution-to-uniteds-overbooking-disaster-can-be-found-in-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/the-solution-to-uniteds-overbooking-disaster-can-be-found-in-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"The solution to United\u2019s overbooking disaster can be found in 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.marketwatch.com\/public\/resources\/MWimages\/MW-FK312_united_ZG_20170412115921.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>The solution to equitable overbooking was written back in 1968&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that need happen when there is overbooking is that an airline agent distributes among the ticket-holders an envelope and a bid form, instructing each person to write down the lowest sum of money he is willing to accept in return for the next flight,\u201d Simon wrote. \u201cThe lowest bidder is paid in cash and given a ticket for the next flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is not what happened, as anyone following the United saga will know by now.<br \/>\n#UnitedSucks #United #overbooking<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/on.mktw.net\/2nIYdE4\">http:\/\/on.mktw.net\/2nIYdE4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The solution to equitable overbooking was written back in 1968&#8230; \u201cAll that need happen when there is overbooking is that an airline agent distributes among the ticket-holders an envelope and a bid form, instructing each person to write down the lowest sum of money he is willing to accept in return for the next flight,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-13099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15549,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/emotional-support-peacock-denied-flight-by-united-airlines\/","url_meta":{"origin":13099,"position":0},"title":"Emotional support peacock denied flight by United Airlines","date":"January 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Come on. 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