<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tinkybelle:
My friend just got bumped AGAIN on a mel-adel flight.
We almost take bets to see if the plane will leave on time or with her!!
Did a search and it seems that this topic isnt a topic on flyertalk.
Id like to make it one as I am amazed that in the US one gets $US300-400 per bump and in Australia we dont even get lounge access or a free drink~!!
Does anyone have a link which may point to some kind of compensation.?</font>
I've never heard of anyone getting bumped on a domestic flight, but then I normally am in the lounge so I wouldn't hear of it anyway.
When I was in QF res, we did not overbook domestic flights, since 95% of airfares are not changeable anyway, so we did not need to hedge our bets as to someone with a changeable ticket doing a no-show and then travelling later on the same ticket, meaing a loss of revenue for that seat. With non-changeable, non-refundable airfares, it doesn't matter if the seat goes empty, as the carrier has got their revenue no matter what (although it helps if the seat gets resold on a standby basis though, to generate goodwill for the person waiting).
Not an answer to your question, I know, but the fact that it is apparently so rare is probably why it has not been discussed on here.
I think that QF Club admission should be granted if the delay is going to be lengthy.
Dave