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  • A flyer's nightmare or dream...OVERBOOKING!

    So, do you like to give up your seat or keep it? Me, I'll give my seat up anytime. This summer I was flying to PHF from MCO on Delta with my mom. In MCO, Our flight to ATL was overbooked by 5 seats. We each got $400 worth of flight vouchers on DL plus the next flight to ATL in first class . We used our vouchers to go to OGG next month. With the vouchers, the grand total of the flights came to $638 and some odd number of cents for two roundtrip tickets!
    GO SIOUX

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    Two years ago, coming back to YVR from PVG, our Air Canada flight overbooked.

    My mom and I gladly gave up our seats.
    In return we got:

    - $1200 Air Canada travel cheques
    - Overnight acomodation in 4 star hotel
    - 3 meals
    - Free baggage storage and transportation to/from airport
    - Business class flight with ANA 777 to KIX the next day
    - AC 747 from KIX to YVR (instead of 767 from PVG)

    I was thrilled!!
    Will F.
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    • #3
      Never had such good offers to give up seats. However if i were to think about it. I would want...

      1. Window seat on next flight, if it was a long flight i would also want first class
      2. Something free, like a trip
      3. If i had to stay overnight, a good hotel and meals

      Pretty much the things that PHF2ATL and Crazy764 got

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      • #4
        ALWAYS jump on the opportunity.. cause they will treat you like a king after you step off the plane.


        Adam

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        • #5
          well, im in a doubtfull mood about that, but id give my seat up if neccessary unless ive been planning for ages
          Sam Rudge
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          • #6
            A couple of years ago.......i booked a flight to bangkok, the KLM flight was overbooked......I stepped oof, received about $300 cash, and flew in Business class to Kuala Lumpur, then an flight with Thai to bangkok, and after that..........to phuket.....which was the original final destination.............I enjoyed it!
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            • #7
              Yes, anytime ! Remember a nice story courtesy of Northwest back in 89/90
              Starting with a $25 worth ticket and ending up with an almost transcont return , coming along with a first free transfer to UA and a complete free rerouting on Midway (mk1).
              Too bad for me, this kind of deal did not appear again at this scale !!
              I came to the point to frame the surviving pax cupons of
              -the original ticket which I sold to myself when a travel agent
              -the voucher for a free ticket valid within the 48 contiguous states in the US
              -the voucher to board UA between SFO and LAX
              -the voucher to be handed over at ML at MSP

              Alain
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              • #8
                It depends on the situation. If I'm going for leisure (escpecially if I'm going home), I'll give up a seat, why the hell not? If I'm at ACY and I decide to give up a seat on the flight, which I've only once did, I took the hotel room in a fancy hotel in the city, got a $50 travel voucher, and got to fly business class the next day (ACY-PBI, beginning 2003). Keep in mind; I only live 10 minutes or less from the airport.
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                • #9
                  me, my bro, and my dad were flying DL DFW-ATL in the summer of 2001. our original flight was on an L10 and it was overbooked by a few seats so we got bumped off. i didnt realize till 2002 that that was one of my last chances to fly on a DL L10. we got on a 732.

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                  • #10
                    In colombia, travel agencies and airlines tend to overbook flights to the US, specially flights departing on thursdays and weekends, i was travelling a lan chile 767-300 in economy class, the miss in the counter told us that we could fly in Biz class for 80 bucks, or flying the Sunday in First Class.....we needed to be in Miami for Saturday, so sadly we paid the 80 bucks, and flew in Biz, one of my best flights ever.

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                    • #11
                      Overbooking can be a good thing if your plans are flexable

                      A couple of years abo flying USAIRWAYS Philadelphia to London I took the 350 dollar voucher and got bumped up to first class on a British Airways 747! Talk about lucky!
                      O'Hare - The Aviation God's greatest creation, or their greatest mistake? you be the judge!

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                      • #12
                        Well, if you need to get somewhere at a certain date, obviously it's not going to do you much good.

                        But if I wasn't in any particular hurry I'd certainly volunteer to get bumped, if the deal was good enough.

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                        • #13
                          We just got back last night from OGG and on the ATL-RIC segment, we got bumped for $200 on to the 6:42pm flight. This wasn't so bad because our original flight was delayed until 5:40 anyway(sched- 5:05) When we got to our new gate it was annouced that this flight had been overbooked also and they we offering $400 Delta Dollars, free dinner, free night's stay at the Sheraton and free breakfast the next morning and an 8am depature. I really wanted to do it but my mom said no and she really wanted to get home
                          GO SIOUX

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                          • #14
                            how do u get bumped... what is the process do u ask to get bumped where do u ask please let me know. BTW did anyone ever get bumped on Jetblue
                            Only the dead have seen the end of the war-Plato

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by fly1346
                              how do u get bumped... what is the process do u ask to get bumped where do u ask please let me know. BTW did anyone ever get bumped on Jetblue
                              If the flight is oversold they will ask for "bump" volunteers shortly before departure. They will list the compensation(s) vouchers, that you will get at that time.
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