Yesterday we flew to Minneapolis (even though our stewardess kept calling it Minnie-annapolis! Maybe she was originally from Maryland?). Anyway, first took an very early morning flight from DC to Chicago, and then we were to fly to Minneapolis. However, when we got to Chicago, they had switched airplanes on us and the new one had fewer seats - so they were now overbooked by 9. So they asked for 9 volunteers to give up their seats for a $500 voucher. A couple did so. I inquired, but the next available flight out was 2:30 in the afternoon - about a 6 hour wait for us. We had plans to visit a state park after getting to Minnesota, so no, not yet. A few more persons inquired, but no other takers. Still needed 7 more.
They asked a couple more times - no takers. They said: come up and we'll let you know how much the voucher will be. Still no takers. It was now getting very close to boarding time, so they were getting desperate. They announced $1,000 vouchers, then $1,050. We decided that was worth the wait. So we went up and gave up our seats. By the end of it all, we got $1,200 each for our seats which only cost us $200 to begin with! (Plus they rebooked us on the later flight.) So while waiting around wasn't the greatest, in the end we had 3,600 good reasons to do so! :-) Yee-haw! Thanks American Airlines!
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