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Delta OKs offers of up to $9,950 to flyers who give up seats
Minneapolis Star Tribune - AP ^ | April 14, 2017 | DAVID KOENIG and DAMIAN TROISE

Posted on 04/14/2017 2:13:44 PM PDT by LouieFisk

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To: LucyT; Liz

Just in case you like to keep up with the smarter-than-us MSM.

Hope somebody can get a screenshot before they edit out their error.


61 posted on 04/14/2017 4:25:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: LouieFisk

Vouchers are fine as long as you can use them to buy multiple tickets and keep the residue until used up. If it is a voucher for up to 10K for one round trip for one person then it is not really 10k.


62 posted on 04/14/2017 4:27:55 PM PDT by posterchild (Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne.)
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To: SaveFerris

Thanks......nice to know how “smart” they really are.

ROTFLOL.


63 posted on 04/14/2017 4:40:56 PM PDT by Liz ( The shutting down of free speech IS a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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To: Rusty0604

No, it will be like an auction.

While you are holding out for the full amount, I’ll snatch up the money by jumping a few hundred dollars lower. If that slacker student over there doesn’t grab the cash $100 lower than me.


64 posted on 04/14/2017 5:09:59 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Could be.


65 posted on 04/14/2017 5:13:50 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: LouieFisk
On American I've rarely had a problem with customer service. I learned from FlierTalk.com to ask for compensation when something happens. I once received 20,000 miles when my luggage was delayed a week to Afghanistan. Last month we each got 5,000 miles for a website malfunction. My lifetime Gold status probably helps.

For those who know how to do it, miles on AA are better than regular tickets. One-way tickets are horrendous, but can be purchased with miles. I can change the dates on my free tickets without cost. I used to be able to arrange stopovers, but can still do open-jaws and up to 24-hours at gateway cities. I recently returned from a 3-week trip to Lithuania, Ukraine, and Poland for $1,400 cash... for 2 people! Tell me how else that can be done? (plus 85,000 miles and one free hotel night)

66 posted on 04/14/2017 5:15:48 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: LouieFisk
Yes, it is “more like it”.

And....They should be prepared to offer even more if the $10,000 is not accepted.

67 posted on 04/14/2017 5:27:27 PM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

“That’s nice, but unless someone wants to give up their seat for almost $10k, they shouldn’t have to. If I buy something, my expectation is that it’s mine - I don’t expect the seller to try to take it back with a promise that he’ll sell it to me later because someone else needs it now.”
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Unless I’m on my way to get a heart transplant, if they give me 10 grand cash and free hotel, I’d probably be okay with it. They wanna try to force me off when I’m seated, it’s a different story. They’ll have to try to pick on the next person on their “to bump” list and hope s/he is more amenable.


68 posted on 04/14/2017 5:28:06 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: samtheman

“How about 10 million years?”

By then we’ll all be using Elon Musk’s levitating tube thing.


69 posted on 04/14/2017 5:34:49 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: Paulie

“until the planes become full again.”

The planes are already full to the gills. Pretty much every flight, everywhere. They aren’t going to lose a dime in revenue over this.

There are only 4 major airlines left in America. Who are you going to fly, if not them? Greyhound?


70 posted on 04/14/2017 5:43:32 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Delta gives people a gift card, basically. A lot of the people who have the time to give up their seats aren’t frequent fliers and therefore might not want a voucher for a flight - but everybody knows how to use cash!

That said, I fly Delta a lot, and while it’s often business related - I’m the business, so nobody is paying but me. There’s no corporate account. So therefore I could pick any airline, but I always pick Delta because they have always treated me decently. When flights have been cancelled - rare, but it happens occasionally on one international route I fly - they put us up, rebook us and upgrade anybody who they can on the new flight. And the staff is usually courteous and knowledgeable.

I’m not surprised about these United reports, because I have never had a pleasant flight with them (I think there’s a management problem, because their public contact personnel always seem very stressed and on edge) and I stopped flying United once I moved into Delta territory and discovered how nice it was to be well-treated.


71 posted on 04/14/2017 6:01:37 PM PDT by livius
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To: LouieFisk

Pretty stupid move on Delta’s part. I realize that they’re trying to capitalize on a competitor’s mistake, but now every traveler, even Ma/Pa McFlyingOnceADecadeToSeeDollywoodOrSixFlags is going to demand top dollar if they can get it.


72 posted on 04/14/2017 6:45:20 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
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To: LouieFisk

I flew with Delta last weekend when they had the meltdown. They were struggling to clear overbooked seats at $800. This would have helped.


73 posted on 04/14/2017 7:11:04 PM PDT by Think free or die
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