Originally Posted by JDiver

If you bump it will likely be DFW-AUS, and though I am not sure if your is the last flight of the day, seems to me a bump would have to be pretty lucrative to pay for itself (and you would want to be assured of a trip at a decent time the following day). (I think as a connecting pax you might have some priority for a seat... and might get one assigned in YVR? Others more knowledgeable will undoubtedly post more.)