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Delta lures passengers off overbooked flight with $10,000 offer: Report


From WWW.WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM

Delta Air Lines had a sky-high offer for passengers on an overbooked Michigan flight bound for Minnesota this week — $10,000 to give up their seat, according to passengers.

Flight attendants offered the award over the intercom while passengers were boarding the plane. The company was looking for eight volunteers to disembark from the overbooked flight.

“If you have Apple Pay, you’ll even have the money right now,” the flight attendant said, according to Inc. magazine tech columnist Jason Aten, who was on the flight.

Aten had been aboard with his family when they heard about the offer but did not immediately pursue it.

“The reason we didn’t jump on it was because they didn’t initially say how many volunteers they needed. Had we known it was eight, we would have gotten off. By the time that was clear, four or five people had already left,” Aten told Fortune.

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Aten’s account was corroborated by Todd McCrumb, who also claimed to have been on the flight.

“It’s a true story. I was on that flight! Unfortunately, I could not take advance the offer, as I was flying with my wife who has very limited eyesight. She has to have me nearby when trave… (Read more)

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