overbooked

W Bruce Cameron: Recently I arrived at an airport gate and was sadly informed by the agent that my flight was overbooked, meaning there were more passengers for the plane than there was room to put them.

First Class | Impact Lab 2006

They "overbooked" What they hell are they, an airline?

Things that can only happen to me, they keep happening, only to me jodifur 2007

Got a call last night from the engineer who is managing that remodeling project across the river -- he wouldn't be able to make this morning's meeting, as he was "overbooked" and could I take over as iron-fisted tyrant?

SNAFU jhetley 2006

Do you know that silly man was going to be 'overbooked'?

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

Do you know that silly man was going to be 'overbooked'?

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

When we dropped off our bags at the counter, we were told that our flight was "overbooked" and that our friends at British Airways were looking for volunteers to switch to a flight that was

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

When we dropped off our bags at the counter, we were told that our flight was "overbooked" and that our friends at British Airways were looking for volunteers to switch to a flight that was

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

However, I shall go one step further and say that Malta is "overbooked".

timesofmalta.com 2009

He just called me back to say they don't need me after all (the segment was "overbooked"), so I thought I'd share what I planned to say on the radio with you, Gentle Hit & Run Reader, lest my research be for naught.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run 2009

Everything else is kind of lumped into the "overbooked" category that people say we see far too often in TNA.

PWTorch.com 2009