Originally Posted by
flyboiboeing
it was weather related. why should ua pay $400 or whatever for a vdb? gosh, wouldn't it be ironic if the OP who seems to mostly be after compensation got confirmed, then vdb'd himself...
Sure, I understand the reason. However, it seems like the agent was already pushing/bending the system pretty hard to get the 4 SYD pax on-board. In that case, why not go the extra mile and also take care of a 1k pax that you just flat out told had to standby? In the end you probably only need to offer the DBCFREE to get the volunteers and the net cost of those is pretty minimal, especially considering breakage.