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MechAg94:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/delta-passengers-offered-10000-each-to-exit-overbooked-flight-report?utm_campaign=dw_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=housefile&utm_content=member


--- Quote ---Inc. magazine technology columnist Jason Aten shared with followers that he was seated on a flight from Grand Rapids to Minneapolis when a crew member announced that the flight was “apparently oversold” and that Delta was looking for eight passengers to forfeit their seats for $10,000 each, New York Post reported.
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--- Quote ---In April 2017, Delta sent employees an internal memo giving them authority to offer compensation of up to $9,950 to travelers who agreed to give up their seats on overbooked flights, the Post reported.
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If this was cash/check and not just some sort of credit, I could do some driving or wait a day for $10K.  Usually when I have heard about this it was just credit.

zahc:
They said it was cash.

The most I've seen is about $2000.

Back when the cops dragged that guy off the united flight after nobody would take the credit, united stock dropped a few hundred million dollars for a while and a bunch of people swore off United. I said that they should have just started an auction because it would have been cheaper than calling the cops event if they had to pay a huge amount before anyone took it. Maybe Delta are smart enough to make the same analysis.

zxcvbob:
I bet it's travel vouchers, with a short enough expiration and enough restrictions that they are almost impossible to use.

230RN:
Even if it were short term and for just "goodies" instead of cash, I wonder if it would be possible to "scalp" the vouchers at the ticket lines.  (One would hope they were transferable.)

Nick1911:
I recall reading that passengers were entitled to cash instead of a voucher if requested. 

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