AA Bump Rates; compensation for VDB / Voluntary Denied Boarding (master thread)
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AA Bump Rates; compensation for VDB / Voluntary Denied Boarding (master thread)
I'm a Delta refugee trying out AA this week.
Tonight my flight from MIA is oversold and they will need volunteers.
My question is: What is the typical AA bump offer for an overnight stay of around 10 hours?
Tonight my flight from MIA is oversold and they will need volunteers.
My question is: What is the typical AA bump offer for an overnight stay of around 10 hours?
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$$ amount varies on how bad they want volunteer(s). If it's over night then it will include hotel and vouchers to cover the minimal cost of meals at the hotel. Voucher will be good for 12 months.
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Not an exact equivalent but they were offering $800 for LHR-JFK bumps on Saturday which we took, swapping an 8.30am flight for the 4.45pm one...
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Fair value is a judgment call you will have to make. I will say that $300 seems to be in the common range for AA, for a bump like this. I believe they highest I've ever seen is $350. (but I don't see bumps often)
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Btw, my understanding is that they have to give the same amount to all bumped pax on the same flight, so you should always be sure to ask if a higher value was given out to someone else when they are preparing your voucher.
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While it may certainly be worthwhile to John Smith, it may not be worthwhile to Jon Smith.
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$300 for a mainland bump are fairly standard now days. An overnight bump about 10 years ago would be $500 + hotel and food. I do not think you can go that high anymore.
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ORD-SFO, $500 'DV' + hotel. No food stamps were offered though, but I haven't required them.

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I'd say that AA (and probably other airlines) have anomalies when it comes to this. Example: I was in LGA headed to I forget where, and there was a nearby flight to ORD that was oversold and they were offering a $300 voucher to take the next flight which would depart in less than an hour after the oversold one. Recently, I was in ORD at the Eagle concourse and a nearby ORD-ICT flight was oversold. They were offering a $200 voucher for a flight that would depart over 5 hours later. Where's the logic there? I suspect it has something to do with the first case being AA versus the second case being AE, but still. There's no balance in supply and demand there. In the LGA-ORD case, I'd think that there were plenty people volunteering for this but in the ORD-ICT case, they'd probably be hard pressed to find someone.
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On a previous connecting flight AA offered $500 for volunteers. When I approached the counter I wouldve been #12 on the volunteer list. I asked the agent if I volunteer for $400 instead of the $500 could he put me as #1? He said YES, of course. They needed 6 passengers and I received my $400 voucher and was rebooked on CO, 6 hrs later.
Last edited by TigerWould; Oct 27, 09 at 5:46 am