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Old Jul 24, 2000 | 8:31 am
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cordelli
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Easton, CT, USA
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Anybody know how they determine the voucher amount they give? I ask because we were in LaGuardia picking up somebody at Delta (the Saturday of Memorial day at 7 am) and they were looking for volunteers to bump off the New York - Atlanta Flight. They would get you there at 2 instead of in the morning, and were offering $1,000 in vouchers.

Never heard that much before, and I wanted to pick up the cell phone, purchase a ticket, and then give it up for the money, but the wife wouldn't let me (and if I had you know they would have had their 10th volunteer just as I was reading the expiration date on the credit card).

The other surprizing thing, besides the $1,000 per person, is they couldn't get the people they needed.
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