Fly-Rights - A Consumer Guide to Air Travel
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Involuntary bumping
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* If the substitute transportation is scheduled to get you to your destination more than two hours later (four hours internationally), or if the airline does not make any substitute travel arrangements for you, the compensation doubles (200% of your one-way fare, $800 maximum).
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But with oil over $90/barrel they'll use any scam they can pull off to keep the costs down.
Delta Has Created A New Silent Auction To Bump Passengers To Later Flights
Katya Wachtel
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Here's how it works:
Passengers who check in with Delta online before leaving for the airport or at kiosks before going through security can type in the dollar amount they would accept from the airline to be bumped from their flight. Delta can then accept the lowest bids, eliminating a lot of the uncertainty early.
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In fact, it feels like the customers are definitely losing out. Experienced travelers will probably lose, because their novice counterparts will bid so low, perhaps unaware that airlines usually pay a minimum of $200 to bumped fliers. And the novices could get ripped off.
"The bidding methods could burn inexperienced travelers who offer a low bid," the Atlanta Journal Constitution said, but "experienced travelers, meanwhile, may find themselves undercut in the effort to collect vouchers."
Also the more passengers Delta can get to voluntarily delay themselves, the better: the Transportation Department wants to force airlines to pay involuntarily bumped fliers up to $1,300. Now, forced bumps get $800.
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