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[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

actually having to pay off extra passengers can get expensive, up to 10k per seat, so even one willing passenger without a seat is a loss, but they accept that possibility based on a curve over time of profit across all flights calculated on historical outcomes. Some flights will be overbooked and they accept that as the cost of making sure that other flights are more filled

The reason they overbook is that there is no human way to seamlessly transfer ticket ownership between pass holders down to the moment of boarding, across all venues and services where the tickets are sold.

NFTs add a platform that is universal, secure, and publicly accessible. No other database offers that

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

if you want to do it you can do it without nfts. clearly the airlines don't deem it worth the effort. there's no reason why you can't make a system that easily transfers ownership. this is trying to find a problem for a solution.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And you can ride your horse to work and post him up right outside your office

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

terrible analogy, but one can only hope. we don't need the bullshit that comes with everyone using cars.