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Dec 5, 2010 | 10:24 pm

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Steve M

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Originally Posted by TGGDEL

I saw each and every one of the 8 or so people waiting to be bumped, walk past me on the plane. They must not have needed them. They looked annoyed, and there was no luggage space, so all in all I guess I cane out on top. In a weird way...

Yep. That's the danger of "volunteering" to be bumped. If you're not needed, often you end up having to gate-check your carry-on at best, and sometimes end up losing your original seat and get stuck with a middle seat.