Comment on This seat reservation doesn't reserve any seats

• perviouslyiner@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  +1. Lol at “getting there early”. Earlier than the train?

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now you have to find out who is sitting without a reservation!

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  • IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It can’t be overcrowded if the ticketing system works as it is supposed to. They can’t book 75 people for a train which can only seat 50.

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    • perviouslyiner@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They can’t book 75 people for a train which can only seat 50

      The official statistics mentions one route that had an average of 204% capacity (more than 2x as many passengers as seats) which they subsequently improved to “only” 187 people without seats on each train.

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      • IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Okay. I’m not from the UK so my comment is irrelevant!

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• IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Southwest Airlines does their ticketing a similar way. You get assigned a boarding number but not a seat. So if you check in early you get a better boarding spot and hence a get to pick your seat. Does this mean there are more tickets issues than the available seats? No. Sightseeing cruises don’t have seat numbers either, you get there early and grab a good spot. This might not be common to people and hence they are mildly infuriated. The other option is paying extra to get a reserved seat which I’m sure will be infuriating because the person next to you paid a cheaper price.

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Soithwest has open seating which is accessible through a ticket. It does not have seat reservations or assigned seating, or at least it hasn’t in the past but will apparently will start having seat reservations in the near future.

    I know phrasing has stupid nuances in different contexts but there are differences between a reserved seat, reserved seating, reserving a table, etc. and while table reservations often mean first available seat reservations generally include assigned seats in my and the OPs experience.

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    • IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Okay, understandable. If we are just talking trains, Amtrak trains do the same and don’t issue seat numbers so in my experience the train is never crowded and every one gets a window seat which is preferred by many here rather than being seated next to a stranger.

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