Originally Posted by
martinfoss
This reminds me of a story I heard of a guy, working for Servisair at Oslo airport (Norway).
He was working on the check-in on an overbooked CO flight to Newark, and they needed voulenteers.. Three guys on a trip to Las Vegas were given the following offer (They were booked in Economy):
-Oslo-Stockholm on SAS, Business Class
-Stockholm-Newark on Malaysian, also in Business Class
-$800 per person in travel vouchers
-Arriving in Newark at 6 PM instead of 2 PM..
They turned it down, because one of the guys meant that it would make their three-night stay in NYC shorter...
How in the world does Malaysian serve ARN-EWR?
I guess the thing that doesn't occur to most people -- they can ask that their return flight be moved later in exchange for the bump also. Or if the agent is too busy to do all that, get them to at least note the record so you can call up reservations and get the change made without penalty, for having helped out.