Airfares – and available seats – change constantly. Fares are filed centrally and then disseminated many times a day through a hierarchy of subscribers who then disseminate it to their subscribers, and so forth. While this process is very quick, it isn’t instantaneous, thus one system may reflect the change …

This is a common perception, but a seat assignment is itself not an important factor in involuntary bumping. Each airline has its own algorithm for deciding who will be bumped if enough volunteers are not available. The major factors are a combination of: traveler status in the loyalty program, cost …

Unfortunately, no. Holding more than one reservation is considered an illegal practice by the airlines which can lead them to cancel all of the reservations without notice and send the travel agency debit memos for illegal booking practices. In recent years the airlines have employed increasingly sophisticated technology to identify …