Woman bumped from flight, misses 10K dream cruise

This is why it should really be an auction to get someone to give the seat up. Eventually someone out of 300 will want to lock in an amount before the other 299 grab a great deal to delay by a day and it's not just forced on someone without knowing their circumstances or story. Self-selection and higher cost to match having the privilege of 99.9% of the time lowering costs by overbooking without having to resort to an auction.