“And instead of negotiating with Faux United “vouchers” which are basically Monopoly Money worth about 1/4th of real street value (and can only be used on a limited number of red-eye flights), how about offering real cash plus a later flight?”
Think it was you who told me about this yesterday. Tell me, exactly where and when do you spend this “Monopoly Money”? What is it good for?
Yes I agree they should give real cash or money in form of debit card. This would have got people off the plain faster.
They're vouchers. They're only good for a limited number of flights, and you can't use them online; you have to call their 1-800 number to try to use them. They'll tell you for which flights they can be used. The "value" they state when offered to someone willing to give up their seat is way over priced.
They're United Airlines; they don't care - they don't have to...