They offered as much as $800 to deplane with two takers. No other takers. The third person left when demanded to leave.
On another site, Reddit I think, a witness on the plane said another couple offered to leave for $1600 each and the stewardess laughed at them.
Bet United wished this only cost them an extra $3200 now....
placemarker
Clearly the policy will now be to increase the offer until you have enough takers. I am guessing this will also include folks at the gate who haven’t boarded yet. I fly a lot and still didn’t realize how often passengers were involuntarily denied boarding. 41,000 or so last year in United. Other airlines had plenty as well.