Bumped from SEA-LIH on Christmas Day for $2000!
Dec 28, 2022, 2:19 pm
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Bumped from SEA-LIH on Christmas Day for $2000!
It's been many years since I've been bumped from an AS flight but on Christmas Day they offered $2000 plus meal and hotel vouchers for anyone willing to give up their seat on AS 839 from SEA-LIH. I heard the gate agent say that they were over by 10 and it looked like they had a lot of employees that were deadheading to LIH presumably to crew flights back to the mainland. Since my wife and two kids were with me, we ended up with $8000 ($2000 x 4) in AS credit, $144 in meal vouchers ($12 x 12), 2 hotel room vouchers, and confirmed seats on the evening flight to LIH the next day. The gate agent said the limit on bonus travel certificates was $1500 so he had to email us a separate $500 discount code which already arrived in my email account. This has to be the highest voluntary denied boarding compensation I've ever received from any airline...Best.Christmas.Present.Ever
Dec 28, 2022, 2:51 pm
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It's been a while since I've been on a flight that was overbooked. Maybe 2017. Took $300 in credit, free room and first class ticket on rebooked flight. I wouldn't hesitate unless I had an upgrade already. Could always use more credit
Dec 28, 2022, 5:20 pm
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Not trying to one-up your story, but a few years back right before COVID there was a nightmare situation similar to this on a flight from CA to FL. Ended up getting bumped with $4000 in AS credit. Highest I've ever heard of any comp. Ran into the gate agent who was working a flight a year later and he said he still remembered that day... Good times (and an easy 75k!)
Dec 28, 2022, 7:48 pm
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Dec 28, 2022, 7:58 pm
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Right you are! They started this even before Pandemic and never went back to the stupid airline credit which has a high breakage rate to the airlines benefits.
Dec 28, 2022, 10:38 pm
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Not sure yet....I've got a trip I need to take to Florida in July and the prices right now are outrageous of course so this will help. I'm hoping the $1500 certificates go into My Wallet or at least don't have to be all used at once. As for missing a hotel night, that did happen and I wasn't able to cancel just the first night but it was an award stay so the hotel suggested I contact Marriott Bonvoy to attempt to get one of my free night certificates back.
Dec 28, 2022, 10:41 pm
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Damn.
Who remembers the old paper vouchers? 4 coupons, and needed V class iirc.
PDXPremier , hope you bought a lotto ticket
Who remembers the old paper vouchers? 4 coupons, and needed V class iirc.
PDXPremier , hope you bought a lotto ticket
Dec 28, 2022, 10:50 pm
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Almost every time (the last decade on both Alaska and Delta) the oversold leg is the one I absolutely have to be on to make an event/meeting, and I begrudgingly board while someone else gets a sweet voucher. Going the other way, when I have flexibility? No dice.
Dec 28, 2022, 11:19 pm
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Actually, I am surprised they didn’t charge you the rack rate for the no show night.
Dec 29, 2022, 12:11 am
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Just curious on how this happened - did they offer the rest of the plane 1500 and everyone else declined? How did it escalate up to 2000? Did you have F tickets and the crew needed first due to their contract reqs?
Dec 29, 2022, 12:18 am
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