In Bangladesh's case, major factories became overbooked and so subcontracted more work to smaller outfits.
And more people who have bought tickets are being turned away because flights are overbooked.
Overbooked planes were also cited in consumer complaints--who doesn't detest getting bumped from an oversold flight?
In Oman Shell overbooked 250 million barrels of oil equivalent in reserves it expected to find in expansions of existing fields.
Waiting to board my overbooked flight back to Boston, I came across an intriguing quote by Robert F.
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More recently, a "Billy Elliot" tour had to close after one year because it couldn't sell enough tickets to fill an overbooked schedule.
He reluctantly turns down the offer, citing an overbooked writing schedule.
So before your calendar gets overbooked in the new year, take some time to plan for all of your presentation goals that you want to achieve.
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.
Think of your short-term memory as an overbooked flight.
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Next month in early January, the usually overbooked J.
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Particularly revealing are the insights into reservations policies: to be told on arrival that a room has been suddenly flooded, or that the previous guest has been taken ill, means that the hotel has overbooked.
Airlines keep shrinking the size of seats to stuff more people onto planes, those empty middle seats that once provided a little more room are now occupied and more people with tickets are being turned away because flights are overbooked.
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