getting bumped on purpose?
Jul 31, 2011 | 1:11 pm
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I completely understand that bumps are never guaranteed, but I'm just curious why the agent "accidentally" told me the flight was overbooked by 1 person, but there's still 4 FC and 1 coach seat still showing on DL.dumb. Would there be 6 people that are booked without seat assignments?
Jul 31, 2011 | 1:17 pm
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I completely understand that bumps are never guaranteed, but I'm just curious why the agent "accidentally" told me the flight was overbooked by 1 person, but there's still 4 FC and 1 coach seat still showing on DL.dumb. Would there be 6 people that are booked without seat assignments?
Jul 31, 2011 | 1:40 pm
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No-shows, misconnects, etc. make it a very fluid situation. I was just monitoring a flight that I was thinking of taking and it had been overbooked a good bit; however, all revenue standbys plus a decent number of nonrevs cleared.
Jul 31, 2011 | 2:02 pm
#21
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With three checked bags you do not want to be bumped. Frankly the staff will most likely check the number of bags and determine you are not appropriate for the bump. Volunteering to bump is best if you have no checked bags.
Jul 31, 2011 | 4:11 pm
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>>>>> Volunteering to bump is best if you have no checked bags.
I don't know about that - -I've done it many times, and the advantage is that when you finally get to your destination, you go straight to the baggage office and pick them up, and you are out of the terminal before the baggage carousel even starts cranking up (mind carefully your luggage receipts so you know where they are; I tear them off as soon as I get them, and put them in a regular spot in my wallet).
I don't know about that - -I've done it many times, and the advantage is that when you finally get to your destination, you go straight to the baggage office and pick them up, and you are out of the terminal before the baggage carousel even starts cranking up (mind carefully your luggage receipts so you know where they are; I tear them off as soon as I get them, and put them in a regular spot in my wallet).
Jul 31, 2011 | 5:11 pm
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>>>>> Volunteering to bump is best if you have no checked bags.
I don't know about that - -I've done it many times, and the advantage is that when you finally get to your destination, you go straight to the baggage office and pick them up, and you are out of the terminal before the baggage carousel even starts cranking up (mind carefully your luggage receipts so you know where they are; I tear them off as soon as I get them, and put them in a regular spot in my wallet).
I don't know about that - -I've done it many times, and the advantage is that when you finally get to your destination, you go straight to the baggage office and pick them up, and you are out of the terminal before the baggage carousel even starts cranking up (mind carefully your luggage receipts so you know where they are; I tear them off as soon as I get them, and put them in a regular spot in my wallet).
Been bumped many times and my bags have ALWAYS been checked...might be different if international though...
Jul 31, 2011 | 5:14 pm
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Internationally they have positive bag match, so bumping you with checked bags is a big PITA.
Jul 31, 2011 | 8:27 pm
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Jul 31, 2011 | 9:13 pm
#27
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As, pardon the pun, trashy as this sounds, I always keep a 13 gallon bag in my suitcase just in case, although I usually have a backpack or duffle bag also stashed in there. I have a coworker who keeps a Bloomingdales Big Brown Bag in her suitcase for the same reason. She thinks it's classier than my Hefty.
Jul 31, 2011 | 11:16 pm
#28
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Please tell me that finance is not your major.
I have a novel idea for a high flying college person such as yourself. LIE !
Tell your frathole buddies that you flew first class. You wouldn't worry about such goofy things if you didn't believe the same type lies they're telling you.
I thought I was pretty snazzy with a new Craig eight track player and a new Edelbrock intake.
I can spot a newly minted upgraded flyer on the Atlanta to Charlotte 44 minute flight by how much electronics they position and set up with headphones, etc. We spend more time taxiing than flying.
tennis anyone ?
I have a novel idea for a high flying college person such as yourself. LIE !
Tell your frathole buddies that you flew first class. You wouldn't worry about such goofy things if you didn't believe the same type lies they're telling you.
I thought I was pretty snazzy with a new Craig eight track player and a new Edelbrock intake.
I can spot a newly minted upgraded flyer on the Atlanta to Charlotte 44 minute flight by how much electronics they position and set up with headphones, etc. We spend more time taxiing than flying.
tennis anyone ?
Aug 1, 2011 | 4:49 am
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Please tell me that finance is not your major.
I have a novel idea for a high flying college person such as yourself. LIE !
Tell your frathole buddies that you flew first class. You wouldn't worry about such goofy things if you didn't believe the same type lies they're telling you.
I thought I was pretty snazzy with a new Craig eight track player and a new Edelbrock intake.
I can spot a newly minted upgraded flyer on the Atlanta to Charlotte 44 minute flight by how much electronics they position and set up with headphones, etc. We spend more time taxiing than flying.
tennis anyone ?
I have a novel idea for a high flying college person such as yourself. LIE !
Tell your frathole buddies that you flew first class. You wouldn't worry about such goofy things if you didn't believe the same type lies they're telling you.
I thought I was pretty snazzy with a new Craig eight track player and a new Edelbrock intake.
I can spot a newly minted upgraded flyer on the Atlanta to Charlotte 44 minute flight by how much electronics they position and set up with headphones, etc. We spend more time taxiing than flying.
tennis anyone ?
I don't think the OP is bragging. As someone else mentioned, his use of miles to get rid of bag fees isn't a bad idea. His (or her) mention of being in first class was incidental, as his question pertains to VDBs.
Aug 1, 2011 | 5:51 am
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On another note, it appears that my flight Tuesday from DTW to GRB (5328) is 1 person overbooked (at least the DL agent told me that, then said "Whoops, wasn't supposed to tell you that"), but I'm seeing still 4 FC seats available. So I'm assuming that there are no other Gold or higher medallions, since they probably would've already gotten bumped at 2 days out. (It's an award flight, flying with non-medallion family, so little to no chance for me to be upgraded, but maybe bumped).
Can any other people see differently than I on that, and why she's telling me there's 1 person overbooked, with 4 FC seats and 1 coach seat showing available.
Can any other people see differently than I on that, and why she's telling me there's 1 person overbooked, with 4 FC seats and 1 coach seat showing available.
expertflyer.com has a trial if you don't want to subscribe right away. The seat map all by itself is a poor indicator of the flight's capacity. The agent is more reliable.