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Old Apr 11, 2017 | 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by Finkface
I took a VDB on VX last month. $1,000 and I was very happy to take a later flight. They were rebooking people on UA and AA but (after a few mess ups by the agent rebooking me) I chose to wait for the same flight the next day. They paid for a hotel, booked me into F and gave me another $150 for the trouble. I wish this would happen on all my flights.
I had the impression VX never overbook. I'm unsure what the current VX policies is, but knowing AS overbook, I would anticipate VX to be headed to the AS overbooking rate: still low though.

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