FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Why both voluntary and involuntary bumping?

Apr 23, 2007 | 9:23 am

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chornedsnorkack

Join Date: Dec 2006

Posts: 1,452

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawn02139

It's worth pointing out that the $200/$400 limits on IDB are very old, and have never been adjusted in real terms.

So, it was historically very costly to bump pax ($400 was a lot more money back then), but it has gotten cheaper and cheaper.

But the cap as a fixed sum of money means that it is relatively cheap to bump passengers on routes with high fares.

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