Two/three years ago I redeemed 80,000 miles on NW for a trip from San Diego to Minneapolis for our family vacation. My family and I flew there, enjoyed our vacation and when at the airport for our return to San Diego found out that the flight was way overbooked. I volunteered to bump my whole family. From our original "free" tickets we were each compensated $350 (times 4) vouchers for future travel then put on the next flight two hours later in first class. The vouchers paid for the airfare on our next vacation.