The flight was heavily overbooked.

该班机售票大大超出机位数量。

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We have just discovered that this flight is overbooked.

欢迎乘坐本公司航班。我们发现航班已经超额预定。

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Because the flight was overbooked, so I decided to be bumped.

因为机票抢手，所以我决定取消定位了。

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Waiting to board my overbooked flight back to Boston, I came across an intriguing quote by Robert F.

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Carriers warn that such a tactic could cause massive delays if airlines are forced to remove bags every time a passenger misses a connection or is bumped from an overbooked flight.

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Think of your short-term memory as an overbooked flight.

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