Originally Posted by
minnyfly
I can't believe you want to empower and legalize extortion. Unbelievable.
It isn't "extortion", it's a free market. If UA can charge me more for buying at the last minute, why shouldn't they be expected to pay more for buying back a ticket at the VERY last minute. And market value is what is called for here, that is what will it take to get someone to take the offer.
I'm going to write to my US Senator and ask her to introduce legislations to greatly minimize conditions in which airlines can IBD. Write now they know they don't have to pay market value to get people off the flight because they can always kick people off the flight involuntarily. And have the police do their dirty work if need be. They shouldn't be allowed to use cops in non-safety situations, which this almost certainly was. And they will continue doing it as long as they can.