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Oct 12, 2002 | 9:15 pm

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MarkinDallas:
I was booked on the approx 5:30 pm flight and the GA told me that it was overbooked. She offered $200 plus hotel. I took the flight without giving the offer a second thought.
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Hah. Wrong airline, but I had US offer me (largely because I knew the gate agent in question) $300 and the next flight to take a bump today. I politely declined, and informed her that I'm not taking any more bumps until they do away with the standby crap, and she will just have to IDB one more irate pax.

Et Tu to the cartel airlines, I say!

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