Delta's new VDB compensation up to $9,950

[gottalovepluto]

Rumor on Flyertalk is the new levels for Voluntarily Denied Boarding (people who volunteer to leave a flight) compensation authorization for Delta has been upped from $800 for gate agents to $2,000 and from $2,000 for supervisors to $9,950. They will NOT be having a United moment... The most I remember hearing of someone being offered is $1,350 so I don't see them touching those maximums, but it's a nice PR ploy.

 

[ICF]

You start offering $10k they'll be fighting over WANTING to get bumped.

 

[gottalovepluto]

You start offering $10k they'll be fighting over WANTING to get bumped.

I'm rather thinking that'll kick in around $1,500 unfortunately The thinking is $9,950 is as high as they can go while comfortably staying under the 10K anti-money laundering threshold.

*sigh* all the things I could do at Disney for that much money... or even half that much!

 

[Magnumwill]

My problem is the flights that I am always on that offer to get bumped are at the beginning of a business trip with no good options to get where I need to go. I never see them on the return flights that I could justify missing.

 

[Albort]

question is, is it $2000 of vouchers or cash?

 

[Magnumwill]

Probably vouchers that have black out dates and a million strings attached.

 

[MillauFr]

Probably vouchers that have black out dates and a million strings attached.

Spirit pulls that garbage not Delta. All of the refunds I have gotten on Alaska airlines because of price drops are vouchers. They do expire after 1 year but they have no blackout dates.

 

[supersnoop]

question is, is it $2000 of vouchers or cash?

Vouchers. They only pay cash for Involuntary Denied Boarding, and that's controlled by federal law, so the numbers are much lower.

 

[Runnergal]

American called me two days before our flight to Colorado for winter break this year, offering to put us on an earlier flight for $600 each.(six people). That had never happened to me before. I would have loved to take it, but dc were already missing school for the trip, and I couldn't pull them out another day. The agent said I wasn't the first person she called, and they were having trouble finding takers for that same reason. Still, I thought it was civilized of them to try and solve the problem proactively, rather than wait until everyone is standing at the gate.

 

[kymom99]

Probably vouchers that have black out dates and a million strings attached.

My brother in law got a check for $1000

 

[crisi]

Vouchers. They only pay cash for Involuntary Denied Boarding, and that's controlled by federal law, so the numbers are much lower.

My husband has gotten cash from Delta on several occasions. We'd never take vouchers, we don't use them.

And the IDB numbers are not maximums on what the airline CAN pay, they are maximums on what they are OBLIGATED to pay by law.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Probably vouchers that have black out dates and a million strings attached.

Vouchers in the rumor. Delta has also offered Amazon gift cards and pre-paid mastercards(visa? something like that) in the same amount when the really get into a pickle according to Flyertalk. Rare, but has happened with Delta.

 

[Magnumwill]

I can remember a few of the flights having the prepaid master cards offered over the last two years when I started traveling a lot for work. Tempting to accept as that could cover a lot of food and gas. But never available on my return flights.