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As of April 13, 2021, the us dot indicates that passengers may not be involuntarily bumped once their boarding pass has been collected or scanned and the passen

As of April 13, 2021, the us dot indicates that passengers may not be involuntarily bumped once their boarding pass has been collected or scanned and the passenger has boarded. if you took the 10k, you're a chump who probably passed up a seven sfigure settlement.

paulcole 4y ago
> if you took the 10k, you're a chump who probably passed up a seven sfigure settlement Seems like a reach. Has anyone to date received a 7-figure settlement for getting involuntarily bumped (except for maybe that dude the airline really roughed up)? And remember the person taking $10k had what maybe a 1 in 100 chance of being randomly selected for an involuntary bump?
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listenallyall 4y ago
You obviously don't understand game theory. You could only receive a "settlement" (and good luck even getting 6 figures), possibly, if you were involuntary bumped. Which is why airlines offer money -- so the removal is not involuntary. The people who got off got $10,000, the people who stayed on the flight and got nothing are the chumps.
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bandyaboot 4y ago
You realize of course, that if you don’t voluntarily accept the 10k, you’ll get nothing unless 1) not enough other people accept the offer and 2) you get randomly selected to be involuntary bumped. You may want to rethink who would have ended up being the chump had you been on that flight.
phil21 4y ago
You likely won't get $10k even if no one else happens to take the offer and you get bumped. 7 figures is a pipe dream fantasy. These things are typically statutory fines that don't even go to you personally, but I have been out of flying for a number of years so info is dated. I'd be surprised if the amount wasn't exactly specified.
hakfoo 4y ago
I'm surprised the airlines haven't seen this as an itemizable fee opportunity. The cheapest tickets would come with an explicit "buying this class ticket constitutes an explicit agreement to being bumped according to such-and-such-rules if oversold" disclaimer, and then they can list "schedule protection" as a feature of more expensive fare classes. I suspect if they could get away with it, they'd just put everyone's ticket price in a spreadsheet and start bumping from the bottom up.
- rootsudo 4y ago
  They can't, it's DOT Federal Law requirement. https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/fly-rights https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/fly-rights

paulcole 4y ago

> if you took the 10k, you're a chump who probably passed up a seven sfigure settlement Seems like a reach. Has anyone to date received a 7-figure settlement for getting involuntarily bumped (except for maybe that dude the airline really roughed up)? And remember the person taking $10k had what maybe a 1 in 100 chance of being randomly selected for an involuntary bump?

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listenallyall 4y ago

You obviously don't understand game theory. You could only receive a "settlement" (and good luck even getting 6 figures), possibly, if you were involuntary bumped. Which is why airlines offer money -- so the removal is not involuntary. The people who got off got $10,000, the people who stayed on the flight and got nothing are the chumps.

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bandyaboot 4y ago

You realize of course, that if you don’t voluntarily accept the 10k, you’ll get nothing unless 1) not enough other people accept the offer and 2) you get randomly selected to be involuntary bumped. You may want to rethink who would have ended up being the chump had you been on that flight.

phil21 4y ago

You likely won't get $10k even if no one else happens to take the offer and you get bumped. 7 figures is a pipe dream fantasy. These things are typically statutory fines that don't even go to you personally, but I have been out of flying for a number of years so info is dated. I'd be surprised if the amount wasn't exactly specified.

hakfoo 4y ago

I'm surprised the airlines haven't seen this as an itemizable fee opportunity. The cheapest tickets would come with an explicit "buying this class ticket constitutes an explicit agreement to being bumped according to such-and-such-rules if oversold" disclaimer, and then they can list "schedule protection" as a feature of more expensive fare classes. I suspect if they could get away with it, they'd just put everyone's ticket price in a spreadsheet and start bumping from the bottom up.

rootsudo 4y ago
They can't, it's DOT Federal Law requirement. https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/fly-rights https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/fly-rights