Something odd happened today, maybe you guys can help.
I was checking in today for my IAD-EWR-BOS flights. During that I was asked if I wanted to volunteer (650 USD was the lowest bid for me to select) to take a different flight. The options I had were 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and one more flight I do not recall. The odd things is that my original flight is scheduled to depart at 5:25 pm, thus later than all the other flights which never happened to me before. So I went to the airport to aim for the 12:30 pm flight. I approached the agents at check-in, information desk and gate, but all were clueless how to handle this since they only look for people that volunteer to take a later flight if their flight is overbooked.
Anyways, did this happen to anyone else? And if so, how did you handle the situation. The way it looks like I got myself a lot more time in the lounge than planned and will have to take the flight as I had booked it.