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VDB -- Voluntary Denied Boarding -- is when the flight is overbooked and the airline is looking for volunteers to change their travel plans. It is voluntary and you do not need to participate. The compensation is 100% negotiable. It could be $100's in future travel vouchers, it might be food vouchers, a different routing (perhaps more direct or for MR's more indirect :D), perhaps lodging if overnight and sometimes a bump in cabin. It all depends on how desperate the airline is and how flexible you are.

The standard UA policy is after you have agreed to a voucher amount and additional VDBs are still needed, if those passengers get a higher amount, you will also get the higher amount.

The are no DoT requirement for VDB compensation, it is whatever you and the airline agree to. The DoT does require the airline to try VDB before moving to IDB.

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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA (Post 30047473)

The changing story of IDB on UA since the merge and post-Dao
source: BTS Data

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IDB/VDB data for UA (w/o UX) 1st Qtr

 Year VDB IDB

 2018 8,214 27

 2017 15,917 900

 2016 14,380 929

 2015 17,373 1,817

 2014 21,469 4,395

 2013 14,095 2,592

 

 IDB/VDB data for UA (w/ UX) 1st Qtr

 Year VDB IDB

 2018 16,973 51