I've always been a fan of taking the bumps offered by our friends at NWA, and I've never really had an issue before. Last Friday, I was scheduled to be on board NW0338 (LAX-DTW), and was put on the VDB list, as the flight was rather full (almost zeroed out on ITN).

I knew that there were several options to get me to my final destination leaving LAX within one hour of when my original flight was supposed to take off. Gate Agent tapped a few keys, and noted that I could easily be accomodated on the 6:55 flight (which was over eight hours after my original flight). I overheard another person volunteer to be on the VDB list and he was informed that they don't put people on other carriers. I didn't get bumped and didn't ask questions of the GA, but I thought I'd pose this question to you guys:

In what situations would NW put you on the next flight (route), on a different carrier, to your destination if you took a VDB?

Two weeks from now I'm flying on a full LAX-LAS flight, and would love to take a bump, but if I have to wait an entire day (as the LAX-LAS only runs 1x daily), I might pass it up.