Thanks for the help.
cAAI, since its an Intl flight the only place to get the bump is at the check-in counters. Otherwise you have to be traveling with carry-on Only. since that flight is also oversold I dont want to end up not being able to have a place for my carry-on on top.
Expecting the bump as all of COs flights were oversold all last week and this. Besides CO having to cancel its last Tues flights (2 777's) due to a strike at TLV, I would have been surprised not to have gotten one. The problem with Europe is All of those carriers also had to cancel their flights so they too were oversold for this week before that strike happened. From Orbitz last Mon B4 the strike there were $1001 fares on Weds the cheapest was just under 2000. i went down with all the diiferent combos tonight, but was told it had to be CO metal. (Im on an 'H' tkt). I guess tommorrow they can speak to the other carriers if there is room tonight theres no else to speak to at 10pm.
As far as I know no one else was placed onto COs flights tommorrow. Many asked if they could vol but when told the next flight is on Weds said they will fly. Weds night is a Holiday in Israel so many people not only want to be there for that but due to Religious beliefs cant travel on this weds/thurs/Fri/Sat
The Sweetest part is I booked my tkt back in the beginning of April and 'H' was the cheapest seat available. Of cause I went onto the waitlist for BF which as expected didnt clear (heard BF was oversold by 5). So now with the voucher it brings the price down to below what a 'B' fare would have been, which is the least expensive fare in this mkt.
i gave up seat 17D which according to Seat Guru has extra room, and they gave me an aisle in the back for tommorrow. Boy did the Elite desk think I lost all my marbles when I got home and called up and asked for a middle seat,instead of the aisle I had. I told her that for X amount of rows in the middle section the seats have an extra 2 inches and when I just flew in 18J a month ago I couldnt fit in. I hope its true, or at least to sit between a couple who will exchange with me so that I get an aisle with the extra room. Then again my folks did that on AA aislde and window and had someone bet them as it was a full flight. they preferred the seats they had rather being stuck in the middle one, poor chap.So it doesnt always bear fruit.

Of cause I was talking shop from the moment I asked if Vols were needed, thats why she called her supervisor and said Ive got an Elite that will Vol but we need to get him out tommorrow. I heard her tell some others Weds flight nothing else to talk about. We both thanked each other in the end. It was nuts they had 3 people checking in 235 people, she said its been like this since before the summer. I told her at least its a routing where CO is making a profit, plenty of flights go out without an empty seat and the airline still loses $$ on the flight. She agreed. Could I have gotten more or did others I dont know I got my voucher 2 hrs B4 the flight and wasnt gonna wait around to find out. I figured why be a PIG, I got $700 and a confirnation on a flight tommorrow. i was more than happy, from what I understand if they raise the ante before you accepted your voucher they have to match the higher amount. But I thought they didnt have to overbook me on tommorrows flight and they were kind enough to have, so dont press it. A friend said why didnt I stay around in case it went up, I told him to have told them dont write it up in case it goes up Ill hang around would be as if I spit in their faces, after theywent out of their way to help me with the rebooking.