TheCoolDad
22854
596
9
Jun 15, 2026 10:58 PM
TheCoolDad
22854
596
9
OrkenMork
If you have nowhere to be, then sure...that's great...but most people fly for business or vacation...and many people don't have that kind of time to wait around for flights
kaijuuGold
make double sure its cash
kurvarVillain
If they make you stay overnight, they will get you a free hotel. Bonus!
00110001001110010011100000110100
How many kids at home?
Freestila
Funny thing is, in europe this is basically the law. Depending on how long your flight was and how long the delay they have to pay you a fixed amount. And cover food or hotel.
FoxPesdassi
I've long championed this kind of thing to penalize airlines for over-booking flights. In an ideal world, if the airline sells more tickets than the flight actually has, it would be ILLEGAL for them to just bump some of the people onto another flight. The plane would not be *allowed* to take off until EVERY person with a ticket was on board. Meaning, the airline would have to BUY the extra tickets back, in a reverse auction: The price keeps climbing higher & higher, until enough passengers sell.
GhostOTM
Flying home new years day 2018 I volunteered 4 separate times to be pushed to the next flight for between $500 and $700 a pop. Profited over $2k for a $150 ticket. I kept saying I'd postpone for whatever the airline was willing to pay but I think the gate people kept seeing a broke college student and giving me the max. Pretty sure I used all my luck for the decade that day.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
after the 4th time they looked and said "this one's not broke anymore, let him fly"
LordHosk
I was going out to my best friends wedding about 20 years ago, I was getting in 4 days early so we could hang out a bit, there was no rush. The first flight they offered $250 in flight credit, the second one they offered $250 in flight credit, when no one took it they changed it to $300 cash, I took that too, then they offered $250 in flight credit and a upgrade to first class, so I took that too. A $400 flight, I got $500 in vouchers, $300 cash and flew first class to read a book for 8 hours.
EntropyReign
Honestly pretty good. I've never had that when traveling alone.
LordHosk
On the last one they just called me by name and asked if I wanted another voucher and a upgrade and I was like "as long as I get on this last flight" they didn't even call for volunteers
narcoleptiKnickers
You have plenty of time to write a screenplay.
Yasashii93
Oh man, that’s a right bit of nostalgia. I haven’t seen that movie in so long I can’t even remember much of it but I do remember it kicked me right in the emotional nuts.
GabbyJayYay
You is a man of misery, no?
Snooj
Is for goat.
cropduster5000
$700 of airline fare credit*
PeterNormal
they paid it out in visa gift cards the last time I did it. Pro tip, they have 100 and 500 increments.
[deleted]
[deleted]
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
I've had 600€ offered to me to take a subsequent flight, and another big sum on another occasion (don't remember exactly because it was a while ago, but it was more than half the ticket price).
dudeinjapan
Got mine as a Visa card. Made sure to spend that sucker as fast as possible
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
never take fare credit, even if it's double the amount they would give you in cash
Goldensands
I have flown a hundred plus times. The only significantly delayed flight I've experienced was new York to LA. The one time I flew within the US. They gave me some hundred amount of dollars and a hotel back then. This was more than a decade ago however, no doubt it has enshittified since.
flow3232
My sister just got a 1200 dollar flight credit for the same thing. She was stoked to get drunk in the airport for 5 hours. Now she's got a free trip to Europe
JonnyTightlips
I've done this twice...both times I approached the counter and said I'd do it, but only for cash and they agreed.
AntiProtonBoy
So it wasnt a refund, you still got to fly with the original ticket later?
JonnyTightlips
Yes, just cash to wait for another flight.
inboxmefoxes
It's actually the law that they have to offer it as a cash payout if you ask for it! They do try to hide that fact from you, however.
Valharroth
They were straight up with me, but I would have gotten double the amount in credit if I hadn't chosen money. KLM mind you, I think they are pretty decent.
LinkWieldsTheTriforceOfCourage
Airlines adopting the GameStop buyback model? LUL
inboxmefoxes
Credit can be nice if you're genuinely a frequent flier; I fly to conventions often for my work, and getting double credit would 100% be money I'd have just spent later honestly
Valharroth
Absolutely, but it only lasts for a certain amount of time (I think 3 years for mine) and I wasn't planning a trip again in that time.
TheJuiceLoosener
Pffft. The law. Please film yourself filing your complaint with the Trump-run FAA.
ropetopus
The FAA isn’t who enforces that rule; you would file a suit. And win easily.
inboxmefoxes
Airlines like to be compliant with this kind of thing because the last thing they want is it turning into a class-action for misleading people. Source: friend of mine who used to write policy at American Airlines
TheJuiceLoosener
I have no doubt that, when Biden was at the helm and Liz Warren was watching the coop, the airlines tried to dot their i's and cross their t's. Lately, though, I'm less sure that's the ethos that's carrying the day.
brownribbon
I’ll take that bet
inboxmefoxes
Civil courts are still extremely friendly towards consumers! The feds have very little influence on this honestly. Corporations care about their bottom line, and their bottom line takes hits when it ends up in court for bad-PR reasons.
darthstormer
Fast forward: oopsy-doodle, airline went bankrupt, credit all disappeared in a puff of glitter.
BananaForScaIe
If it's a 700 pound puff of glitter I could probably sell it for $70.
GhostofCharlieKirk
Actually glitter has also disappeared, so there won’t be any for this purpose. No joke look it up govt buying all the sparkles
awkungen42
I never understood this. If a company goes bankrupt and they sell to a hedge fund how is it that all initial money doesn't go to settling outstanding debts before they can sell off and pocket all the money?
dracklen
It does, but your travel voucher is way at the bottom of the list would be my guess.
Badprenup
I don't think a travel voucher wouldn't even count as outstanding debt. It's like a gift certificate, it's considered "paid" when they give it to you, not when you use it.
Travelcedric
If he travels often for his stand up career, it's like free flights for him
hamulusrex
Shit I was thinking standup meetings. Not standup comedy.
GravyEducation
They make you go to meetings and don't even give you a chair?
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
when the idea was conceived the idea was to make everyone keep it short: one by one you say what you're up to, how you're doing, who can help you - next
hamulusrex
A stand-up meeting is a short, daily check-in (usually 5 to 15 minutes) where team members synchronize on progress. We do it a lot in the tech dept
lapinox
It starts to get unconfortable after 30 minutes. After 45, you hate your company, your boss and your colleagues. If you're lucky, after 60 minutes, you can start working as if nothing happened.
SirLantsBojangles
Your job is a joke. -guy with the same job
FartsSmellBad
And a $10 food credit to a place that costs minimum $25 to eat
emu314159127001
THAT'S the place that sells the banana that costs $10
charliechaplinslookalike
You can have a meal for $25 at an airport?!?
NZSheeps
No, you can eat there for $25. Food costs extra
TheLastGreatAudit
Maybe things have changed, but no airline has ever given me a meal voucher worth less than $50.
FartsSmellBad
American Airlines gave me one for $10 just a few months ago to go along with my overnight stay that I had to uber to myself.
TheLastGreatAudit
Damn, that sucks. I guess I'll continue not flying American.