<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by scruffy:
sgosline presents a question that I'd never thought of before.
In Las Vegas, I have gotten serial bumps a few times (taken a bump, been put on another flight, then taken another bump from that flight). My all-time Las Vegas record is four bumps (one on the outbound to LV, three on the return).
I think gate agents always assume that any bumpee would want to get on the next available flight. What if the next available flight is also oversold & the bumpee offers to take a less-crowded flight a couple of days in the future? Would the gate agent have the authority to do this? I don't know. It's an interesting question!
[This message has been edited by scruffy (edited Feb 27, 2004).]</font>
It depends on the gate agent. I got bumped out of a busy holiday weekend in Jacksonville for 2.5 days (2 nights in a hotel). I ended up with 4 $400 vouchers. I told the gate agents my strategy (the CRC agents are amazing) and they loved it. They helped me to find the next booked flight and gave me the choice. I would come in each morning with my print out from the Sabre tool, tell her which flight to put me on and she would.
I think the trick is to not get too greedy and try and get on every flight. I would do one in the morning, one at night and I didn't raise too many red flags.