Originally Posted by haniboo
last july, two families we know (one with 5 pax, one with 4) flying TLV-JFK and continuing onward, were called a day or two before flight time and were asked to delay their flight. they accepted to fly a few days later and recieved a free future flight in exchange. lucky them.
The 1 main draw back to this is; if you Love to play the Bump game and you werent called , most likely you already Lost the Game even before you get to the Airport.
The Great part about it is; if you are lucky enough to get the call you dont have to drag yourself to the airport and go the whole waiting process and waste your time even if you do get the Bump at the Airport. As its already in the bag and no having to schelp to the Airport again & again.
However it also means No Double Dipping, which is when one not only gets Whatever the Carrier is offering but alot of times being put onto a different Carrier to get you to your destination. So LY bumps you and gives you a Free Tkt and puts you on say BA. So you get the credit for having flown LY although you didnt and you give BA your BA# and get credit with them as well.