Eh... I doubt it.
Probably what they were offering was a voucher good toward a discount on a full priced fare bought within a certain time frame.
10k in vouchers to be redeemed at some company store rate? Or greenbacks?
If things don’t change direction, we could be a major nation
without air travel.
Negotiations Negotiations Negotiations Expensive Negotiable Negotiations
In Vegas, do the airlines offer hookers to give up your seat? At least, you have someone to keep you warm at night waiting for tomorrow morning’s flight.
Cash or Delta dollars?
They did that to me once but it was basically, credit with the airline. Since I had missed three legs of an eight-leg flight, was a day late for my conference (Missed my presentation), and hadn’t slept in two days, I asked, “What makes you think I am EVER going to fly this airline again? If I have no other choice I will swim, row, walk, or ride a bicycle first.”
I would settle for some nominal amount - maybe $1,500 to $2,000 - to not even book a flight on their system.
$10,000 gift card.
How much is the taxi fare for this trip? :D
Bidenflation is baked into that payout!
Ah when it was fun to travel pre kung flu. I only travelled with carryon and had no set schedule. Out of the country two weeks a month each month. I got vouchers all the time. Free hotel rooms and restaurants in nice cities. Free car rentals. Upgrades on later flights with the fancy waiting room. I’d do it again.
This happened the one time that I flew years ago. The airline overbooked, so a staff member at the front of the plane auctioned off the extra seat. Passengers said this was normal, no one was getting kicked off, and the offers would escalate until someone accepted. The airline started by offering to rebook a passenger’s flight, a night’s stay at a nearby hotel, and a shopping voucher of some sort. The voucher went up to $500 before a man enthusiastically agreed.
In this case rebooking appears to have been worth no less than 10k to a planeful of passengers.