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For comparison, Delta had a huge number of overbooked flights over the weekend due to weather cancellations. They handled it by raising the compensation for giv
by jbeales 10y ago
For comparison, Delta had a huge number of overbooked flights over the weekend due to weather cancellations. They handled it by raising the compensation for giving up your seat until they had the right number of passengers for the flights.
As a result they got some great press on a weekend when they might have had horrible press: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2017/04/09/why-delta-air-lines-paid-me-11000-not-to-fly-to-florida-this-weekend/#17504f7b4de1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2017/04/09/why...
- jschulenklopper 10y agoHappened to me, flying with Delta last Saturday. During online check in, so almost 24 hours before I was at JFK for my flight, the web application offered a choice between four levels of compensation I'd be willing to trade my ticket for, like $100, $200, $300 and $500.