Originally Posted by
findark
Was the "compensation" a refund in cash, or an ETC? If the latter -- not all that uncommon for people to report both ORC and ETC comp, although it's not really policy.
USD refund of the exact fare difference from C > day-of Y. Obviously not a huge spread ($297) but the trip was booked pretty close in so the C fare (which was actually an AUS > DEN > ORD) one-way was pretty pricey.