The airplane arrived from Salt Lake on time at 9:10 am — and empty. Only the flight crew were on board. No one wanted to go to Pocatello this morning. On the other hand, sixteen of us left Pocatello on the outbound flight.

The Salt Lake City airport was very busy. Lots of people coming and going. The flight in the gate next to my flight to Portand was headed for Spokane. I guess lots of folks wanted to go to Spokane today as the flight was oversold, which is different than overbooked. More people had checked in for the flight than there were seats. Further, there isn’t another flight to Spokane today. The last offer I heard was $600, a flight to Pasco (wherever that is) at 12:30 pm and a free car rental to drive the rest of the way. That offer will probably go up some more. They needed four volunteers as well. I suspect people don’t very often compete for seats on flights to Pocatello!

This flight to Portland had two coach seats open and 118 claimed. People definitely are wanting to go to Portland as well. Another cramped airplane.