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Airline Vouchers -- Your breaking point
Posted on 12/11/11 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 12/11/11 at 9:55 pm
At what point do you take the offer? I am waiting for a flight right now and American is offering $500 + hotel stay + meal vouchers + earliest flight tomorrow. I would have taken this 6 months ago, but wasting another 14 hours is not worth it at this point.
If they go up to 1000 voucher, then I will stay.
Every situation is different, but I am typically willing to wait a few hours for a few hundred bucks in ticket vouchers. The over night thing is a deal killer for me unless a huge dollar value gets offered.
By the way, American is still waiting for another person to take the deal.
No one looks to be in a rush.
If they go up to 1000 voucher, then I will stay.
Every situation is different, but I am typically willing to wait a few hours for a few hundred bucks in ticket vouchers. The over night thing is a deal killer for me unless a huge dollar value gets offered.
By the way, American is still waiting for another person to take the deal.
No one looks to be in a rush. 
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Posted on 12/11/11 at 10:19 pm to lynxcat
$100 of vouchers per hour
Posted on 12/11/11 at 10:25 pm to LSUtoOmaha
They won't go up to $1K....they will then involuntarily bump some one off the flight...
Posted on 12/11/11 at 10:34 pm to lynxcat
I believe most airlines max at $500 vouchers.
Posted on 12/11/11 at 10:39 pm to slaphappy
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They won't go up to $1K....they will then involuntarily bump some one off the flight...
They'll go to maybe $600. Then if no one bites, they'll find whoever paid the cheapest fare and IDB them. DOT says they get 2x their fare in cash.
If I didn't have anywhere to be I would take it, but then again I have a shitton of personal travel and that's essentially a free flight for me.
This post was edited on 12/11/11 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 12/11/11 at 11:09 pm to lynxcat
Are you on a flight from Dallas to BR by chance? I know someone who took the 500 dollar voucher from the 5 to the 10, and was thinking about taking the 500 offered at 10 tonight to fly out tomorrow morning.
Posted on 12/12/11 at 2:34 am to felixthefixer
Nope, different flight.
Didn't take the voucher -- I needed to get home. $500 is a pretty awesome deal though. Basically a free flight to almost anywhere in the 48.
Didn't take the voucher -- I needed to get home. $500 is a pretty awesome deal though. Basically a free flight to almost anywhere in the 48.
Posted on 12/12/11 at 7:09 am to lynxcat
Take it before American kicks Alex Baldwin off and frees up his seat.....
Posted on 12/12/11 at 8:35 am to lynxcat
i would have taken that in a heartbeat. of course, im a broke arse grad student that has nothing to do for the next 6 weeks
Posted on 12/12/11 at 10:11 am to lynxcat
I'm still kicking myself for not taking $700/ticket in ATL this past March. 
Posted on 12/12/11 at 10:54 am to notslim99
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I'm still kicking myself for not taking $700/ticket in ATL this past March.
Intl? DL rarely goes above $600 on a domestic before just IDBing people. anything above $400 requires supervisor approval before offering it.
This post was edited on 12/12/11 at 10:56 am
Posted on 12/12/11 at 11:43 am to lynxcat
When I was doing it, it mostly depended on which direction I was going. If I am on my way home, it will take something good to get me to delay. If I am going to my destination, I would do it normally because I always try to arrive early. Never would stay another day for a voucher though
Posted on 12/12/11 at 11:48 am to Golfer
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Intl?
Nope. Connection from Orlando to Monroe through ATL. A mom and her two kids (one kid rode in her lap) were trying to get on. When they hit $600, my wife and I started talking about it. Then they went to $700. By the time we were getting up to take it, another couple had snatched it up.
Posted on 12/12/11 at 3:22 pm to lynxcat
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At what point do you take the offer?
It would depend on the situation. If it delayed me coming home a day, I would probably not do it. If my wife was with me and we both got the deal, then yeah. I would do it provided I wouldn't miss work for it.
When the wife and I went on our honeymoon we met a couple from Michigan. They were on a direct flight from Michigan to Jamaica and were made an offer to change flights. They had to make a stop in ATL and got to Jamaica about 6 hours late. For that, they received $600 cash (each) and were bumped to first class for both legs to Jamaica plus food vouchers for the ATL airport. That is a deal I would take.
Posted on 12/12/11 at 4:36 pm to ashy larry
I got $400 earlier this year to arrive 4 hours early.
Posted on 12/14/11 at 12:13 am to lynxcat
If I don't have a compelling reason to be there tomorrow--and by that I mean a birthday or some other family obligation--I take the voucher.
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