Greetings one and all,

I am flying out to San Francisco in late February to see my sick sister. I am using a free ticket USAir gave me for being bumped after Thanksgiving.

My question is what is the best flight to get bumped on? I hope to fly out on a Thursday night, most likely Feb. 19 and return on a red eye leaving SFO Monday Feb. 23 and arriving DCA Tuesday AM Feb. 24.

Last time I got bumped was that Monday/Tuesday flight return.

Any insights my FT amigos?

in my recent experience, PIT/CLT/PHL-SFO flights haven't been oversold. In fact lately, I haven't seen many "volunteers needed" signs on the gate displays. It is amazing, but the flights that always seem to need volunteers are flights like PHL-BDL. Give it a shot though! Compensation is always good!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NICEDUDE66:
Any insights my FT amigos?</font>


I doubt the redeye will get it for you. When I am flexible, I tell them as soon as I get to the airport that I'm willing to be bumped. Good luck!

Agreed. I've never known a redeye to be oversold.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ITRADE:
Agreed. I've never known a redeye to be oversold.</font>

I was on an oversold redeye on UA from LAX-IAD. They put me up for the night and upgraded my morning flight to FC. This was last March. I was also on a US redeye from LAS-CLT last May that was oversold by one. I would've taken that too, but I was with a group of people.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ITRADE:
Agreed. I've never known a redeye to be oversold.</font>

I had a UA ticket with a US segment, SFO-CLT, last weekend, on the 2345 departure Friday night, and scored 2 free tickets. Flight was oversold by 6 from what I could tell (large school group on board).