getting bumped on purpose?
 

First off I apologize for opening 2 threads in one day.I am flying from lga to memphis to lubbock currently in first (miles upgrade). This would be the last flight of the day. I heard chances are I would at least 400 dl dollars and a hotel for the night.what are the chances of getting such an offer? Should un do the upgrade for better chances of this happening?

You COULD ( I doubt $400 as most people would bid less) but how can we tell if you don't give us the date and flight number?

August 19 check lga to lbb at 4 and something(only flight from lga at the time) I would get the flight number but am on my phone. About 12 seats left in coach(that you can choose to seat at) .I think its the last flight of the day so guess less people would bid.

At this point not a prayer...the flight (1473/3930) are wide open. Why do you think they will need bumps this far out?

As of right now it is 9's across the board and there is no way they would need to bump anybody...not that they would ever do that before the DOD anyway.

BTW, you realize the seat map means nothing particularly if you are not elite.

Most people pay for subscriptions to ExpertFlyer to check information on flight loads but you can also use FlightStats Travel Planning/Flight Availability to see load factors for free.

19 days out is way too early, especially for a Friday afternoon flight out of New York. You'd want to check the day before to see if you should get the airport early and volunteer your seat (if Y availability = 0).

This. I can see about 7 more seats available for medallions only. And 19 seats on the 2nd leg.

Also, I'm kind of curious as to why you used miles to upgrade to F when MEM->LBB is an all-economy CRJ :confused:

I let that go but I am baffled as well. LGA-MEM is under 2 hours flight time and that is a horrible use of miles. OP, how many miles did you use for this?

I did it so I could check 3 bags for free and fly to college with style.lga memphis is a 3 hour flight.there is a one hour time change
.cost 12.5 k miles

Good reason (free bags). You will NOT be traveling in style though. It is not a 3 hour flight and it has nothing to do with a time change ;) (they add about an hour for taxiing and ground operations in LGA/Mem). The actual flight time is right at 2 hours and it is on a 320 which has no video or audio. You may get a meal as it is just barley (I think) over the minimum for food.

12.5K Skypesos to save $185 in bag fees (without status)? Sounds like a good deal ^

In fact, it's exactly what I did when I moved to college a while back (although with lower bag fees, I didn't save much, but I did go to school in style thanks to SM :D)

Is this some new kind of Southern Cuisine they're experimenting with?!?! :D

LOL...and Hops!

I got steak and spagetti cold last time...

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.

Welcome to Flyertalk.

Just wondering, is a flymanbeast anything like a manbearpig?

There has gotta be a joke about the guy who flew first class from New York City to Texas tech....