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Old Apr 16, 2009, 10:10 am
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dinosims
 
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Originally Posted by djk7
Originally Posted by seanherron
If any of those passengers weren't standby, though, wouldn't they receive the $1000 denied boarding compensation? I definitely wouldn't mind waiting around until the next flight if that was the case.
Not sure where the $1000 figure comes from, but if they needed to remove confirmed pax, they should have asked for volunteers first. In the case where they did remove anyone non-voluntarily, they should have been paid IDB compensation of the ticket price for that segment or two times the ticket price of the segment, depending on how long the they were delayed to their destination. Those figures are capped at $400/$800. The full rules are here.

Originally Posted by nsx
They use a standard weight per passenger, and IIRC it's 150 pounds, which is too low but that's what the book says to do.
The current numbers are 190 summer, 195 winter. This includes carry-on luggage, but not checked. Children 2-13 are counted as 82/87 pounds. See the end of this article for more details.
The $1000 figure comes from B6's own Passenger Bill of Rights that states that IDB compensation is $1000.
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