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From: Jeff Hacker on 14 Jan 2010 16:45 "Dave" <d(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:0g6sk5d0pqk3kq4k35650oj3ikc0q9ec2q(a)4ax.com... > Hi All > > I'm not complaining of course but just wondering how this works?!! > > Last week we were at Atlanta airport and the airline was just about to > start boarding our flight to the UK, before they did they made an > announcement. They said they were looking for 8-10 passengers who > could be flexible with their travel arrangements, to come off this > flight and get on a later flight with $750 flight voucher as > compensation. > > We were almost the last to board and I asked if they still wanted > volunteers to come off the flight. To cut a long story short we came > away with the $750 voucher each, a flight on the same scheduled flight > the following night but in business class, vouchers for a stay at an > airport hotel plus meal vouchers! > > Fantastic deal but how come? > > Just curious... > > Cheers > > Dave Sounds like either an oversale situation, or substitution of a smaller aircraft (i.e., 767 for 777, etc.). That's standard denied boarding procedure. Glad you got the upgrade to business class.
From: Dave on 15 Jan 2010 13:52
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:45:28 -0600, "Jeff Hacker" <jhacker(a)usa.net> wrote: > >"Dave" <d(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >news:0g6sk5d0pqk3kq4k35650oj3ikc0q9ec2q(a)4ax.com... >> Hi All >> >> I'm not complaining of course but just wondering how this works?!! >> >> Last week we were at Atlanta airport and the airline was just about to >> start boarding our flight to the UK, before they did they made an >> announcement. They said they were looking for 8-10 passengers who >> could be flexible with their travel arrangements, to come off this >> flight and get on a later flight with $750 flight voucher as >> compensation. >> >> We were almost the last to board and I asked if they still wanted >> volunteers to come off the flight. To cut a long story short we came >> away with the $750 voucher each, a flight on the same scheduled flight >> the following night but in business class, vouchers for a stay at an >> airport hotel plus meal vouchers! >> >> Fantastic deal but how come? >> >> Just curious... >> >> Cheers >> >> Dave > >Sounds like either an oversale situation, or substitution of a smaller >aircraft (i.e., 767 for 777, etc.). That's standard denied boarding >procedure. Glad you got the upgrade to business class. Cheers for all the answers and business class was fantastic!! Never thought we'd ever do it, as soon as they mentioned business class my wife jumped at it. Looks like we'll be back to cattle class for our next trip :-( Dave |