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They offer those who give up their seats another ticket on another flight, and usually a free motel room with food and $500-$1350 if you can't get on a flight that day.

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1 minute ago, Kivalo said:

When they overbook, what criteria is used to determine who gets the short straw?

This case was where Airline employees were dead heading so they routinely ask passengers to give up their seats with compensation to fly the airline staff to needed destinations for future flights. Wasn't over-booked at the get-go but ended up that way. It's complicated.

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2 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

This case was where Airline employees were dead heading so they routinely ask passengers to give up their seats with compensation to fly the airline staff to needed destinations for future flights. Wasn't over-booked at the get-go but ended up that way. It's complicated.

OK, same question...  What is the criteria used to determine who gets the short straw?

ANd this is for anyone, not you specifically.

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Just now, Kivalo said:

OK, same question...  What is the criteria used to determine who gets the short straw?

ANd this is for anyone, not you specifically.

I understand, It's different for each airline, sometimes it's random.

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58 minutes ago, Kivalo said:

OK, same question...  What is the criteria used to determine who gets the short straw?

ANd this is for anyone, not you specifically.

if I have time I always tell them at the gate I am willing to be bumped .lots of people do .I have been bumped prob 10 times in my life all because I told them as soon as I got to gate . always get a nice  voucher. always has been way more than I paid for the round trip I was bumped 1 way from.

 

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11 hours ago, Kivalo said:

When they overbook, what criteria is used to determine who gets the short straw?

I didn't read it but on the news last night they said price of ticket, where or who ticket was purchased from. Ticket holders who purchased from said airline and the more expensive tickets are usually last to go.

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12 hours ago, SVT Renegade XRS said:

How many times have you beat off while watching this, SpinWhine? 

Ok, does anyone else here think this dipshit is a closeted homosexual and that is the primary source of his anger and aggressive behavior?

Because it just makes sense, really.

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11 hours ago, Ez ryder said:

if I have time I always tell them at the gate I am willing to be bumped .lots of people do .I have been bumped prob 10 times in my life all because I told them as soon as I got to gate . always get a nice  voucher. always has been way more than I paid for the round trip I was bumped 1 way from.

 

It's in the paperwork you see/get when you buy your ticket that states you may get bumped, compensation can be as high as $1,350 depending on which airline.

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I get that flights are overbooked sometimes, and that flight crews have to be moved on short notice. 

But - Once you have boarded, and sat in your seat, as far as I am concerned, you own it. It's unreasonable to force someone off that plane at that point. 

If you want to keep raising the offer until someone volunteers, fine, but I don't think its right to force anyone off the plane. At the gate, they can do what they need to do. 

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6 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

So the next time you overbook your production pick a customer out and beat his ass.....got it! lmao

Airline employees didn't touch him. If he would have left willingly the cops wouldn't have been called.

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1 minute ago, Catalina said:

I get that flights are overbooked sometimes, and that flight crews have to be moved on short notice. 

But - Once you have boarded, and sat in your seat, as far as I am concerned, you own it. It's unreasonable to force someone off that plane at that point. 

If you want to keep raising the offer until someone volunteers, fine, but I don't think its right to force anyone off the plane. At the gate, they can do what they need to do. 

sounds reasonable to me. :thumb:

I think the real issue is, no  common courtesy anymore. Just got back from vacation and I cant believe how poorly some in the service industry treat you.   Had a few good experiences, but the bad ones really stand out. You are basically paying some miserable fuck to ruin your business.   

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1 hour ago, XCR1250 said:

Airline employees didn't touch him. If he would have left willingly the cops wouldn't have been called.

exactly-  when is the last time being unruly with the police resulted in them saying OK i'm sorry your right keep doing what your doing.  Certainly a douche move by the airline to pull someone once seated but  they have more to think about than the one guy in the seat that was needed.  

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14 hours ago, Kivalo said:

OK, same question...  What is the criteria used to determine who gets the short straw?

ANd this is for anyone, not you specifically.

 

14 hours ago, XCR1250 said:

I understand, It's different for each airline, sometimes it's random.

My understanding there are a number of criteria.   Time of booking.   If you purchased a guaranteed seat are the main ones.   I'd be curious as to what type of fair he purchased.   If you fly you have to understand this can happen.   Its quite rare that it doesn't get resolved at the gate with incentives.  Its the reality of buying discounted tickets over "full fair."  

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Pre-Market Open the stock was down 6%...Currently down 4-5%...Which has cost the company $675 million in market cap so far...If it drops back down to the pre-market loss it will cost the company $1.4 billion...Current stock sentiment is at -74%

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Story about 69 year old Dr. David Dao; the man United dragged off the plane


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401444/Name-man-hauled-United-flight-Chicago-revealed.html

He is an internal medicine specialist father-of-five, grandfather of one. He is a 69-year-old Vietnamese-American is married to a pediatrician who has a clinic in Elizabethtown, Kentucky - about 40 miles south of Louisville.

Four of his children are doctors:
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Their eldest son Tim, 34, practices medicine in Texas; their second son Ben, 31, is a medical graduate; their daughter Christine, 33, is a doctor in Durham, NC; and their youngster daughter Angela, 27, is a medical graduate of the University of Kentucky.


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Inexcusable what they did to this guy. They need to get their shit together and figure this out at the gate. Yanking folks out of seats is bad PR. Really bad.

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United was following its regulations.  The airport police were the ones that used excessive force.   No doubt could have been handled better.  

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