A few things that seem a little off from the accounts: 1) A flight attendant wouldn’t be the one to make the announcement. It would be the gate agent. 2) The

A few things that seem a little off from the accounts: 1) A flight attendant wouldn’t be the one to make the announcement. It would be the gate agent. 2) The Apple Pay part of the announcement is really weird. Airlines typically don’t hand out cash directly and even if they could, this isn’t how Apple Pay works. The payment usually comes in the form of a check or a credit voucher printed at the gate. I wouldn’t be surprised if Delta offered the amount to gain a little positive press but I don’t believe some of the extraneous details. To be clear, Involuntary Denied Boarding compensation, the kind you’re given when no one takes the bump offer, is soft-capped at $1550 - https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/bumping-oversales https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer... Delta may have known there was no way they were going to get these passengers on other flights today and gave them more cash to try to make it a little easier to swallow.