The flight wasn’t overbooked until United decided at the last minute that they needed those 4 seats to fly a crew in. Otherwise, they could have dealt with it at the gate.
I wonder if this was the last flight out of Chicago to Louisville, or only THEIR last flight. If other carriers still had flights, that would have been another safety valve.
On top of that it is just about a 4 1/2 hour drive.
They were employees from a partner airline so I’m sure there were other flights available and even if not you don’t give priority to anyone over paying customers.
One other thing was to charter a plane over at Signature or some other FBO either at O’Hare or Midway. They only had all night to get there.
(still stuck in Cleveland)
“”The flight wasn’t overbooked until United decided at the last minute that they needed those 4 seats to fly a crew in. Otherwise, they could have dealt with it at the gate.
I wonder if this was the last flight out of Chicago to Louisville, or only THEIR last flight. If other carriers still had flights, that would have been another safety valve.
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Too bad the management didn’t think like you.
I read elsewhere that the next flight was 20 ish hours later.
United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said Tuesday that all 70 seats on United Express Flight 3411 were filled, but the plane was not overbooked as the airline previously reported. Instead, United and regional affiliate Republic Airlines, which operated the flight, selected four passengers to be removed to accommodate crew members needed in Louisville the next day. The passengers were selected based on a combination of criteria spelled out in United’s contract of carriage, including frequent-flier status, fare type, check-in time and connecting flight implications, among others, according to United.