Originally Posted by
diburning
Volunteers were solicited at OLCI for PHL-BOS tonight on the last flight of the evening. I put in my bid. I'm not too hopeful that I'll actually be selected though, since I'm a Gold on a Basic Economy ticket.
I've rarely, if ever, seen BE come into play when DL selects volunteers. The GA orders volunteers either based on the amount people put in to bid (lowest bid gets priority) or they ignore that list completely and go by the order people ask them at the gate. If you really want this bump, I'd recommend getting to the gate early and asking about the oversold situation as soon as the GA opens the gate up.