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Old Nov 1, 2017 | 1:31 pm
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Originally Posted by acarney
Like do the same kinds of restrictions exist with Delta and AA and stuff?
My AA bumps in the past yielded vouchers that spent like cash. In a couple cases they were *better* than cash, because the act of using a voucher caused a one or two of the many taxes on the ticket to not get collected. (This was 10+ years ago; current experiences may vary.)

My long-ago UA bumps spent like cash. Then UA went through a period where their typical domestic VDB was a free coach ticket, 48 contiguous states only. An overnighter would often be 2 tickets. Believe it or not, I actually *liked* these because they booked in Q, a semi-high booking class, and I could use them on MCI-SEA which was a $600-ish R/T in the summer. UA then went back to cash, perhaps as a result of the CO merger (?).
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