Thanksgiving Bumps
Dec 4, 2002 | 11:41 am
#16
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Sadly, not on AA... 
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by 6Ft9Guy:
It seemed like DFW-BOS was oversold all day on Sunday. </font>
It seemed like DFW-BOS was oversold all day on Sunday. </font>
Dec 4, 2002 | 1:07 pm
#17
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3 bumps, 3 48-state roundtrip tickets.
Dec 4, 2002 | 2:48 pm
#18
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AS 421 SMF-SEA on 12/2 was overbooked by 34 passengers when I checked in. Alaska was offering a free R/T coach ticket good anywhere AS flies; non-Sacramento pax were also given a night at the Doubletree Hotel near Arden Fair Mall.
The friendly check-in agent told me that "Alaska reservations does this to us EVERY YEAR". (Hmmm....I'll have to remember this!) And SMF-SEA was so overbooked for the next couple of days that some pax would roll over all the way to 12/5, collecting free tickets for each bump.
I didn't take the deal as I needed to be in SEA for a meeting the next morning and there were no other flights (on any carrier) available leaving SMF that night that I could be protected on.
The friendly check-in agent told me that "Alaska reservations does this to us EVERY YEAR". (Hmmm....I'll have to remember this!) And SMF-SEA was so overbooked for the next couple of days that some pax would roll over all the way to 12/5, collecting free tickets for each bump.
I didn't take the deal as I needed to be in SEA for a meeting the next morning and there were no other flights (on any carrier) available leaving SMF that night that I could be protected on.
Dec 6, 2002 | 8:32 am
#20
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Flying NW on the Saturday before Thanksgiving (11/23) from Houston (IAH) to Seattle via MSP.
The IAH-MSP leg was overbooked. My party of 3 received $300 vouchers. Another group of 3 was prepared to be bumped, but wound up boarding at the last minute.
Note that they never made a general call for bump volunteers, as we (and I presume the other party) inquired at checkin about the possibility. So don't be afraid to ask!
Best of all...we were rebooked onto a CO nonstop and arrived in SEA 4 hours early!
The IAH-MSP leg was overbooked. My party of 3 received $300 vouchers. Another group of 3 was prepared to be bumped, but wound up boarding at the last minute.
Note that they never made a general call for bump volunteers, as we (and I presume the other party) inquired at checkin about the possibility. So don't be afraid to ask!
Best of all...we were rebooked onto a CO nonstop and arrived in SEA 4 hours early!
Dec 6, 2002 | 4:27 pm
#21
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Beckles:
UA will IDB a 1K?!?</font>
UA will IDB a 1K?!?</font>
They made an extreme effort to get a VDB, at one point they said "We are willing to negotiate compensation" for anyone willing to give up a seat but no one bit.