Full flights come with the Holiday season. Most frequent travelers appreciate an opportunity to get “bumped” from a flight for an airline voucher. Although bumping can be an easy way to earn credit toward future flights, involuntary bumping can delay seeing a loved one, a missed opportunity, or a bad start to the Holidays. To…
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Bumping on Delta Gets a Raise
Earlier this month I posted about how Delta was increasing the amounts they pay out for voluntary denied boarding (Bumps) up from a minimum of $200 to a minimum of $400. Well, I’ve confirmed this is the now the new amount they payout for bumps. Yesterday on a flight to Atlanta $400 was given out…
Bumping on Delta gets a Raise
There are reports in this Flyertalk thread that getting bumped on Delta flights now comes with an increased incentive. In the past Delta provided the following Up to 3.5 Hour Delay = $200 Delta DollarsOver 3.5 Hour Delay = $400 Delta Dollars The Reported New Levels Domestic – Either $400 or $600 Delta Dollars regardless…
Vegas Bump Jackpot & Delta 757 Business Elite Seats
This past Sunday I was in Vegas and I had booked my self on the 9:55 AM flight out of Las Vegas to Atlanta. I intentionally booked the mid-morning flight as I felt it had the best opportunity for a voluntary bump. My goal was to get either a Transcontinental upgrade or get bumped, to…
DOT Fines Delta for Illegal Bumping
Delta was recently fined $375,000 by the Department of Transportation (DOT) for illegal bumping activities. It was determined that Delta violated several rules including not consistently seeking volunteers before bumping passengers off of flights and sometimes failing to provide a letter to passengers explaining why they had been bumped. After reviewing several articles on the…
Bumping My Way to Happiness: Checking Flight Availability
To improve your chances for bumping take a look at AMEX Class Availability. This site allow you to search flights to determine how many tickets are available. If you are able to locate flights that have limited seating then your odds of being bumped, obviously, goes up. This site is fairly easy to use but…
Bumping My Way to Happiness: Voluntary Bumping Performance 2009: Jan to Mar
Spent a few hours today reviewing the DOT’s website reading about the performance of the major U.S. carriers. Focusing on voluntary bumping I was able to procure these nuggets of information for you. The data in this posts represents the first quarter of 2009. ________________ Flights Enplaned Passengers Voluntary Vol/Flight US ______________ 35,594 ________ 12,580,587…
Bumping My Way to Happiness
When I am at the gate awaiting my flight my heart stops every time the gate attendant makes an announcement. Most times it is to declare a gate change or to announce the flight is ready to board, but sometimes they say such wonderful things. What makes my heart go pitter-patter is when they announce…