Delta Air Lines passengers were offered an offer this morning that they couldn't refuse.
SkyWest operates a Delta flight from Grand Rapids to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Apparently, Paul was no longer oversold. There were more confirmed passengers at the airport than there were seats on the plane.
Volunteers are usually asked by airlines to take later flights. The volunteers are rewarded with gift cards, vouchers for future travel, and other perks. A few years ago, a woman was given $4,000 in Delta vouchers.
Delta is said to have coughed up a lot of money this morning.
Delta gave passengers $10,000 to take later flights this morning because of the dire situation in Grand Rapids.
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Todd was a reader of this post.
Ummm…well, this article did not age well. Today is June 27th, 2022. I just flew from Grand Rapids, MI to Minneapolis. Delta offered $10,000 to anyone willing to give up their seat. Actually, they said they needed more than one person willing to bump. There was no mad dash among the passengers, but several people did indeed get off the plane and receive $10,000 via a Visa gift card. I was and am still stunned. Just sorry I couldn’t do it, as I was flying with my Wife who is legally blind and has to have me nearby.
Since the piece was published five years ago, there have been a lot of changes in the commercial airline industry.
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On @Delta flight from GRR to MSP and they just offered $10,000 for people to give up their seats.…
Ten. Thousand. Dollars.
— Jason Aten (@JasonAten) June 27, 2022
We reached out to Delta and will update this post as soon as possible.
There are tips for volunteering to receive compensation on oversold flights.
What kind of things can you do with a $10,000 Visa gift card? I think so.
If passengers don't volunteer to take later flights, things can get expensive. The US Department of Transportation says passengers who are denied boarding are entitled to 400% of the one-way fare.
The next flight out of Grand Rapids didn't leave until 11:30 AM. The flight was scheduled to leave Grand Rapids at 6:30 AM but left at 7 AM. It was ten minutes late for the flight to arrive in Minneapolis.
There were a bunch of passengers traveling on expensive one-way tickets or an airline rep made a small mistake when figuring out how much compensation to give. Let's hope it's the latter Maybe there was a problem with weight and balance. Do you mean all of theabove? That is what I think.
The Delta Connection flight was full.
What's the full amount?
Passengers willing to take a later flight were offered a large sum of money by Delta.
When it comes to bumps, this is an outlier. I wonder if we will see something like this again in the fall.
We will let you know what Delta has to say after we contact them.
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