Originally Posted by
sbm12
Unless you're buying refundable tickets with no intention of actually flying, taking the bump and then refunding. That got at least one person I know banned from a US carrier.
Well yeah. In my full post, not the selection you quoted, I believe I touched on that:
"You have nothing to worry about so long as you're taking the bump in good faith -- you are intending to fly when you approach the interaction, you fly the flight if you're not needed, and you ultimately fly the backup flight if you are bumped."