It's 4x the price of the plane ticket, up to $1350 (the $1300 is indexed to inflation).[1] Which explains why the crew offered $800 (it's a $200 ticket.) BUT!

It's 4x the price of the plane ticket, up to $1350 (the $1300 is indexed to inflation).[1] Which explains why the crew offered $800 (it's a $200 ticket.) BUT! Just because the the government caps the airline's liability does not mean the airline could not have offered more compensation to make it right. In fact given the unusual nature of the situation (flight was already fully boarded; the seats were needed for internal airline purposes, not other customers; the rule is for delays of 4 hours or more, while here the delay would have been close to 24 hours; the situation was escalating) they could have easily sweetened the deal further with an additional voucher or two, instead of calling the cops. [1] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/05/27/2015-12789/revisions-to-denied-boarding-compensation-domestic-baggage-liability-limits-and-civil-penalty#h-7 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/05/27/2015-12...