Re: Overbooking of TGVs

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P.L.Guillemin) writes:
...
 > > > > The only way you can enforce that is to adopt a compulsory reservation 
 > > > > and no overbooking procedure.
 > > > 
 > > > And increase your prices to take the no-show into account...
 > > 
 > > Or not refund or change no show tickets therefore the railway company has 
 > > got the money....
 > 
 > And/Or introduce more incentives for passengers to release unused
 > seats pre-departure.

That is not the problem.  When passengers release unused seats pre-departure,
they should pay the cost associated with it.  I.e. if the railway is not
able to sell the place, they should pay the full fare.

 > Alternatively, operators could sell a few tickets in excess of
 > capacity, with warning the buyer that he/she will be turned away (with
 > a complete and immediate refund + a little voucher) if there are no
 > seats available...

This appears to me the best way to thrown off passengers.  Better would be
a stand-by queue, where passengers do not pay before they are sure of a
ticket.
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