Originally Posted by
ulmguy
I get it it that Southwest has been having operational meltdowns and is unable to fly their schedule, but the issue here is that OP is convinced Southwest is rebooking people from delayed and cancelled flights to "fix" oversold flights without paying VDB or IDB compensation
I agree with you that the robooking is an attempt to make the best of a bad situation for the customer. I don't believe that avoiding IDB compensation was a factor in these pre-emptive rebookings. However if the result includes avoidance of a legitimate VDB obligation, that's important to know. I have no special knowledge and no opinion on that question.