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Link to open 2020 and beyond version of this thread:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delt...20-beyond.html
My (LoganFlyer's) guide to maximizing your bump chances on Delta:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30484249-post1713.html
(The concise version:
1. Use the App to see if more people are looking for seats than there are seats available. As part of the Customer Commitment, gate agents, phone res agents, and tickets agents must tell you if a flight is overbooked if you ask. (They don't need to say by how many seats.)
2. Do everything you can to get on the volunteer list through OLCI or a kiosk at the airport, since some GAs use that list.
3. Talk to the GA as soon as the gate opens up--don't wait for them to make an announcement.
4. Don't be afraid to negotiate with the GA.)
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delt...20-beyond.html
My (LoganFlyer's) guide to maximizing your bump chances on Delta:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30484249-post1713.html
(The concise version:
1. Use the App to see if more people are looking for seats than there are seats available. As part of the Customer Commitment, gate agents, phone res agents, and tickets agents must tell you if a flight is overbooked if you ask. (They don't need to say by how many seats.)
2. Do everything you can to get on the volunteer list through OLCI or a kiosk at the airport, since some GAs use that list.
3. Talk to the GA as soon as the gate opens up--don't wait for them to make an announcement.
4. Don't be afraid to negotiate with the GA.)
Compensation: “Bumps” — Voluntary and Involuntary Denied Boarding [2000-2019]
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Yes, you have seen higher offers, but doesn't always mean that DL will start that high, and like another poster states, $100/hr isn't shabby.
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That was $100/hour for a 3-hour delay, not overnight. $100/hour for an overnight delay would be more like $1,000 than $300.
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$600 today on an ATL-BOS flight that was oversold by 8; alternate flight would have been tomorrow. Turns out 9 people never checked in, so no volunteers were needed.
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"cheap GA" and "continually declining" have nothing to do with supply and demand. In fact, calling the GA cheap here is completely COUNTER to the idea of supply and demand.
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That's my thought process.....
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If a GA makes an offer for $200 and someone takes it, what's the big deal? Sounds "cheap", but if someone is willing to take the low offer, so be it. Arguably, it would be stupid to take $200 for a lengthy delay, but at the end of the day, it is up to the individual to discern whether or not an offer is worth it or not. Payout amounts will typically correlate to the length of the resulting delay, as the delay has an inherent range of value to the customer... some will take a lowball offer, while others will not entertain even a thought of a lower offer.... all depends on the individual. Many of us, including myself, would consider some offers "cheap", but some may bite (thinking the offer is better than you or I, or not knowing that offers can go significantly higher and are sometimes worth holding out for).
That's my thought process.....
That's my thought process.....
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If they need a lot of people, it's also the case that the first ones to volunteer will definitely be used and everybody gets the same amount. So, in an extreme example, they need 8 volunteers. I accept $200; they keep raising the amount, and at $700 have 7 volunteers. At $1,000 20 people jump up, only one of them gets accepted, and all the people who volunteered at lesser amounts get $1,000.
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If they need a lot of people, it's also the case that the first ones to volunteer will definitely be used and everybody gets the same amount. So, in an extreme example, they need 8 volunteers. I accept $200; they keep raising the amount, and at $700 have 7 volunteers. At $1,000 20 people jump up, only one of them gets accepted, and all the people who volunteered at lesser amounts get $1,000.
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On Friday, JFK MAD was over by one. Took the bump for $1500. Was rebooked on Aer Europa’s Nonstop about two hours later. Same connection in MAD.
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But these days, they don't provide compensation until after the door closes; in fact, I don't believe a GA can. (A redcoat can.) I once, very annoyingly, lost out because the GA didn't know that.
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I think I have all of you beat. I received a $600 voucher for taking an earlier flight. I knew my RDU-ATL flight was oversold, was the first and only person there to talk to GA 1 hour prior. She put me as #1 on the volunteer list but then offered the RDU-ATL flight currently boarding at the next gate. I asked if there would be compensation for taking it and she said no, so I said I would just hang out and take the bump. She then offered me the voucher to get on the earlier flight, so I did. My third $600 voucher this year and first ever for taking an earlier flight.
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Unless you figure the odds of getting more are worse than the odds they won't need you and will take it away.
But these days, they don't provide compensation until after the door closes; in fact, I don't believe a GA can. (A redcoat can.) I once, very annoyingly, lost out because the GA didn't know that.
But these days, they don't provide compensation until after the door closes; in fact, I don't believe a GA can. (A redcoat can.) I once, very annoyingly, lost out because the GA didn't know that.
This scenario is rare, but it does happen.
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Unless you figure the odds of getting more are worse than the odds they won't need you and will take it away.
But these days, they don't provide compensation until after the door closes; in fact, I don't believe a GA can. (A redcoat can.) I once, very annoyingly, lost out because the GA didn't know that.
But these days, they don't provide compensation until after the door closes; in fact, I don't believe a GA can. (A redcoat can.) I once, very annoyingly, lost out because the GA didn't know that.
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I think I have all of you beat. I received a $600 voucher for taking an earlier flight. I knew my RDU-ATL flight was oversold, was the first and only person there to talk to GA 1 hour prior. She put me as #1 on the volunteer list but then offered the RDU-ATL flight currently boarding at the next gate. I asked if there would be compensation for taking it and she said no, so I said I would just hang out and take the bump. She then offered me the voucher to get on the earlier flight, so I did. My third $600 voucher this year and first ever for taking an earlier flight.
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How new is the rule of not offering bumps until after the door closes? I was offered a bump last November before boarding even started. In fact I was first in line at the gate agent desk when they opened about 1 hour before departure. I was offered the bump well before boarding started - actually just after they opened.