Should You Accept an Early Bump Offer From an Airline?

“Voluntary Denied Boarding” is the official term for “bumping” a passenger off a flight. It’s the dreaded or glorious, depending on your plans, moment when an airline asks for volunteers to skip their flight. Airlines attempt to make it worthwhile to delay your plans by offering you gift cards, vouchers, etc – whatever it takes. Offers go as high as $10,000 for taking a later flight, though that’s a one-time outlier. Offers go as low as having police drag you off a plane, bloody and unconscious; that too is rare.

Every airline wants their planes full…and leaving on time

After the “Dao incident” airlines supposedly increased passenger compensation for bumps, looking to avoid that kind of bad publicity….