Comments on: Comparing Bump Compensation Among US Legacy Carriers http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/12/03/comparing-bump-compensation-among-the-us-legacy-carriers/ Tips, Tricks, and Travel with Lucky Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Greg http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/12/03/comparing-bump-compensation-among-the-us-legacy-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-15311 Greg Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:34:50 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/?p=1326#comment-15311 U.S. Air Free Ticket Vouchers are actually on the "R" Bucket (Fare) which is equivilent to their lowest frequent flyer award. Also my experience shows that they are very rigid on flight credits and hold a firm line at $200 irrespective of the length of the replacement flight. Ergo there seems to be less and less folks willing to volunteer to take a later flight. U.S. Air Free Ticket Vouchers are actually on the “R” Bucket (Fare) which is equivilent to their lowest frequent flyer award. Also my experience shows that they are very rigid on flight credits and hold a firm line at $200 irrespective of the length of the replacement flight. Ergo there seems to be less and less folks willing to volunteer to take a later flight.

]]> By: hobo13 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/12/03/comparing-bump-compensation-among-the-us-legacy-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-14557 hobo13 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:47:04 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/?p=1326#comment-14557 Good summary Lucky -- Here's a few comments from my personal experience: 1. NW has always offered me $300 domestically, no less, no more, without negotiation. And that's several bumps over the past couple of years. I've only seen the offer for a VDB at the kiosk second-hand, and then they didn't need the guy. 2. UA has a formal list, but some stations don't use it. Then it becomes a free for all! 3. The US voucher is transferable. DL/NW/CO is not. UA, as you know, has the most liberal transferability in the industry! 4. I haven't managed to get a meal voucher out of UA in months. They claim they stopped doing that. On NW, it's almost standard. Good summary Lucky –

Here’s a few comments from my personal experience:

1. NW has always offered me $300 domestically, no less, no more, without negotiation. And that’s several bumps over the past couple of years. I’ve only seen the offer for a VDB at the kiosk second-hand, and then they didn’t need the guy.

2. UA has a formal list, but some stations don’t use it. Then it becomes a free for all!

3. The US voucher is transferable. DL/NW/CO is not. UA, as you know, has the most liberal transferability in the industry!

4. I haven’t managed to get a meal voucher out of UA in months. They claim they stopped doing that. On NW, it’s almost standard.

]]> By: Jay http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/12/03/comparing-bump-compensation-among-the-us-legacy-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-14348 Jay Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:37:16 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/?p=1326#comment-14348 I don't know about anyone else but I already spend enough flying that I have no interest whatsoever in free tickets or travel credits. Now if they offered cash ... I don’t know about anyone else but I already spend enough flying that I have no interest whatsoever in free tickets or travel credits. Now if they offered cash …

]]> By: lucky http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2008/12/03/comparing-bump-compensation-among-the-us-legacy-carriers/comment-page-1/#comment-14189 lucky Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:11:04 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/?p=1326#comment-14189 I just realized that up until now comments were disabled for this post, and I have no clue why. Sorry about that! I just realized that up until now comments were disabled for this post, and I have no clue why. Sorry about that!

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