Delta reporetly offered passengers almost $10k to switch flight

[Dashinka 24,717]

Wow!  Might be worth buying a ticket and hanging out in the airport.

 

Delta reporetly offered passengers almost $10k to switch flight

 

Inc. tech columnist Jason Aten said he and his family recently traveled on a Delta Air Lines flight to Minneapolis, and that passengers on the oversold flight were offered a whopping $10,000 in cash — not flight credit — to give up their seats. 
 

Delta sought eight volunteers, according to Aten's account of the event. "If you have Apple Pay, you'll even have the money right now," the flight attendant said, according to Aten.

 

The incident occurred at a time when passengers are struggling with air delays and flight cancelations, with the July 4th weekend expected to be chaotic for airlines and travelers. Some 3.5 million people are expected to fly this holiday weekend, amid rising COVID-19 infections, staffing shortages and widespread flight delays. 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/delta-reporetly-offered-passengers-almost-2410k-to-switch-flights/ar-AAZ5AuN

[Mike E 11,742]

“Spoiler alert: We did not take it for reasons I'm not going to get into because my wife is still not pleased about it.)”

 

I cannot think of any event short of the birth, marriage, death, funeral of a close relative that would cause me to not accept $10,000. For a party of 2, I can grab two extract seats on a private jet for $20,000. 
 

She’s angry for good reason. 

[TBoneTX 45,872]

She's displeased that you didn't take it?  Unclear.

 

Is such money subject to income tax?

 

Airlines are flush with cash.

[Dashinka 24,717]

6 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

She's displeased that you didn't take it?  Unclear.

 

Is such money subject to income tax?

 

Airlines are flush with cash.

From the story by Jason Aten.

 

https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/on-this-flight-delta-just-did-something-unheard-of-its-how-every-business-should-treat-its-customers.html

[Mike E 11,742]

14 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Is such money subject to income tax?

 

This consideration wouldn’t figure into whether I would take the cash or not. I’m taking the cash and will sort it in April 2023 

 

The writer and his wife are fundamentally not compatible.  

[TBoneTX 45,872]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

The writer and his wife are fundamentally not compatible.

Sorry to hear that, but it happens.

[Redro 4,611]

Would they have received $40k total? A family of four traveling and giving up 4 seats... 

Not seeing the dilemma here... 

[MarJhi 965]

$10,000

 

Wow, I could buy gas for my car for a month with that!!

[Mike E 11,742]

13 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Sorry to hear that, but it happens.

Thanks for your kind words but I am not the author of the article.

 

The most  I’ve received for denied boarding compensation was $400 back in the 1990s. Twice Ina week. The first time was voluntary. The second was involuntary.  

[Mike E 11,742]

6 hours ago, ROK2USA said:

Would they have received $40k total? A family of four traveling and giving up 4 seats... 

Not seeing the dilemma here... 

yes $40,000. 
 

The author probably had an important zoom meeting to attend. I’m sure that regret for failure to call into that meeting would have been the author’s last words on the author’s death bed, so probably a good call.  
 

5 hours ago, MarJhi said:

$10,000

 

Wow, I could buy gas for my car for a month with that!!

At say $10 a gallon that is 1000 gallons or over 30 gallons of gas a day.  I’ll bet you could hold back say $2000 and get that leak in your gas tank fixed.  Or hold back $100 and get a nice locking gas cap.  

So what would you really do with $8000 to $9900 extra for the month?
 

For $10,000, I could book UberXL rides all month.  

[MarJhi 965]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

yes $40,000. 
 

The author probably had an important zoom meeting to attend. I’m sure that regret for failure to call into that meeting would have been the author’s last words on the author’s death bed, so probably a good call.  
 

At say $10 a gallon that is 1000 gallons or over 30 gallons of gas a day.  I’ll bet you could hold back say $2000 and get that leak in your gas tank fixed.  Or hold back $100 and get a nice locking gas cap.  

So what would you really do with $8000 to $9900 extra for the month?
 

For $10,000, I could book UberXL rides all month.  

Well part of me wants to blow it on wants, not needs, but in reality I would probably allow myself a few hundred for a want and the rest would sit in the bank until the fiancé gets here. Obviously she will need appropriate clothing for colder weather since she comes from a place where 80 degrees is considered cool. 

[Mike E 11,742]

4 minutes ago, MarJhi said:

Well part of me wants to blow it on wants, not needs, but in reality I would probably allow myself a few hundred for a want and the rest would sit in the bank until the fiancé gets here. Obviously she will need appropriate clothing for colder weather since she comes from a place where 80 degrees is considered cool. 

Thrift stores are her friend. My wife discovers this concept when she arrived and she is literally addicted now. 

[TBoneTX 45,872]

4 hours ago, Mike E said:

Thrift stores are her friend. My wife discovers this concept when she arrived and she is literally addicted now. 

You married very well indeed, sir.

[LIBrty4all 3,754]

22 hours ago, MarJhi said:

$10,000

 

Wow, I could buy gas for my car for a month with that!!

I'm sure I detected a note of sarcasm in your text, but I could keep my truck running for about seven years with $10k. 

 

Hence my lack of desire to buy an EV for an additional $30-80K just to "save gas".

[MarJhi 965]

1 hour ago, LIBrty4all said:

I'm sure I detected a note of sarcasm in your text, but I could keep my truck running for about seven years with $10k. 

 

Hence my lack of desire to buy an EV for an additional $30-80K just to "save gas".

Your sarcasm detection skills are working to perfection, or maybe you have a decoder ring?

 

And don't you just love those who buy the EV's thinking they are somehow saving the planet. They don't seem to realize that the electricity they are using is most likely coming from fossil fuels. 

Edited July 4, 2022 by MarJhi