Delta Air Lines Allegedly Offered Passengers $10,000 Each to Take a Later Flight After Everyone Turned Up For an Oversold Service

Delta Air Lines was forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars to encourage volunteers on oversold flights to take a later flight, according to reports.

Skywest operates a small Embraer 175 jet that was used to overbook a Delta flight from Grand Rapids to Minneapolis.

The revenue management team at Delta allowed more tickets to be sold than the seats were suppose to hold. Everyone who booked a ticket showed up at the airport in time, so someone had to be thrown out.

In the wake of the Dr David Dao incident, airlines have begun to use financial bribes to get passengers to voluntarily give up their seat on oversold flights.

The maximum compensation was increased by both United and Delta.

It is extremely rare for passengers to be offered this amount, and airlines will usually go in with a low offer to see if anyone will take it. There are a number of factors that can affect the amount of compensation offered.

When passengers aren't going to show up, overselling a flight is used to maximize returns. It is a gamble that most airlines won more than they lost on Monday.

As an international flight attendant, Maszczynski worked at the most prominent airline in the Middle East and has been flying for a well-known European airline. He is an expert in passenger experience and human-centered stories. Some of the biggest names in journalism rely on Matt's industry insights, analysis and news coverage often.