In this Wednesday, March 15, 2017, photo, people stand in line at a United Airlines counter at LaGuardia Airport in New York. United is also vowing to reduce, but not eliminate, overbooking -- the selling of more tickets than there are seats on the plane. Yesterday it added several other new policies including:Raising the limit on compensation to $10,000 for customers who give up their seats. "If airlines can't overbook flights there will be more empty seats and fares will rise,'' Munoz said. Some critics have said airlines should leave a few seats empty if they think they will be needed by crew members.

Source: Bangkok Post April 28, 2017 03:45 UTC