And it’s getting very tiresome to keep hearing that the flight was overbooked, when in fact the airline opted to toss off paying passengers so that four employees could enjoy free travel.
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Please clear this up for me. I read that United was repositioning flight crew for work purposes, and that they were offering compensation that would have been in the thousands of dollars for the four passengers. How is that free?
You don't take food purchased at the grocery store out of the customer's bag and give it to the stockboy because he needs that last can of Spagheti-Os.