Comments on: The Art Of Getting Bumped Off A Flight

By: warren

warren — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:58:51 +0000

I am familiar with this.. One more note to add, While getting there early allows you to volunteer at the counter first, if you check in for your (full) flight minutes before the airlines required check in time, (some are 45 mins, some an hour), sometimes they will bump you “involuntarily”.When they do this, it is because they assume you will miss you flight cuz you are not checked in yet. If this happens to you, the airlines are required to write you a check for double the cost of your flight!! plus put you on the next flight, and often will throw in a voucher as well. This has happend to me before. It happened to my good friend and his girl flying from NY to London. They started their European vacay off with an extra 4 g’s in their pocket! WoooHooo! Good luck

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:40:40 +0000

Great information, certainly worth a try.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:48:56 +0000

My Girlfriend and I got bumped in Denver this holiday season. The best part is that we were on our way home and had padded the trip with an extra day off of work. We were the only people in line who were happy about it since they gave us each a Round Trip ticket and a free night in Denver. Thank you United airlines.

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By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:26:08 +0000

The easiest way to find the flights that are overbooked is to ask the carrier when do they have dual ops. Then the fact Friday and Mondays are the travel peak. If you are a fan of Vegas take the last flight of the night to PHX on SAt or SUN. It is a crew positioning flight and at times not even all crew members will make it on. No F/A or pilot is going to give up a seat unless it wouldcreate a trip conflict and then it would need to appear that they missed the flight. Typicallly this means high demand. Airlines typically will not give a capacity quote. American is packed between DFW and TUS during the Gem show and Rodea and nearly impossible year round on fri-tues. PHX BWI is another route that is oversold during summer months. Good Luck and remember if you are denied boarding you get the same compensation as giving up the seat plus a refund. Its in the contract of carriage

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By: liquado

liquado — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:39:58 +0000

Great article. Important to note — NEVER take the free flight, always the travel voucher. The free flights are always totally restricted in terms of when they can be used.

By: Mobo Mooninte

Mobo Mooninte — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:59:32 +0000

Domestic only workks, intenrational is more strict and you won’t get full compensation.