Doin' the bump
 

With the higher load factors, I'm probably not the only one seeing this, but the first flight on Monday morning from MCI-CLE has been overbooked the last two weeks. The last flight CLE-MCI on Thursday nights has also been overbooked. They've been offering anything from $200 - $300 to take alternate routings; last Thursday I took CO/CLE-STL-TW/STL-MCI for $250 and still made it home on Thursday night.

Just a heads up for anyone looking for vouchers.

On USAirways this weekend, flying in and out of RDU, my wife and I received a grand total of 7 roundtrip vouchers between us. I guess when they downsized, they never noticed that Midway went out of business http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Now we just have to use them within a year and while USAirways is still in business.

Flying from IND - ORD on UA this weekend we volunteered and received $400 each, and were still able to catch our original connection from ORD-SAN. I guess it made it worth it that United had changed our original ORD layover from 1hr - 3hrs.

Well, I'm flying CAK-DTW-MSP-MCI this Friday, and back MCI-DTW-CAK on Monday, so hopefully there will be some bumping opportunities there. :-)

Did UA cancel an IND-ORD flight in advance?? That would explain why your flight went out overbooked. I was rebooked on the Sunday after Thanksgiving: I was booked on the 7pm HP MSP--PHX which was cancelled, and rebooked onto the 4:30pm HP MSP--PHX, now the latest HP flight from MSP that night. I'm banking on the flight being waaay overbooked. :-D

I bump ALL the time ...

Have reaped the rewards of almost $3000 this year from United.

Most recently last weekend on first mileage from from PDX-BUF (PDX/SFO/IAD/BUF/IAD/DEN/PDX)

Bumped twice on way home, rerouting through Denver, and then bumped first flight in Denver. Only $200 apiece, but paid for this afare with vouchers ($148 to buffalo).

Like being paid to fly !!!

I paid $47 (including taxes) on priceline for LAX-PHX on UA Shuttle. Travel was late April. Was going back to LAX from PHX. Didn't get the miles http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif (pre FT days). UA offered $600 + overnite at Phoenix Hilton for taking flight next morning. Volunteered in a flash! Worked afternoon shift at the time so it worked out well! Ended up buying 4 tickets with the vouchers and getting lots of miles!(vouchers come in a book of 4--each was $150). One of my better bump deals!

Don't forget to add your bump info to www.bumptracker.com

I would, but MCI (or MKC) isn't listed in the pull downs. Maybe you should make that a text input of length 3, rather than a pull down... Just my $0.02.