Fook United Airlines

[DireWolf]

The value of any voucher is largely irrelevant - e.g. NO amount of voucher-based compensation would get me to give up my seat under any conditions, as:

1. I (like many non-recreational flyers I'm sure) don't look at price as my main consideration - it's all about the scheduling. All travel is expensed to employer regardless of cost, and reimbursed within a week or two....

2. When flying for personal reasons, I'm using miles anyway (flights for last vacation cost something like $10-$15 per ticket, which was all tax/fee stuff, not ticket price). I could wipe my ass with a $10k voucher with no loss/inconvenience, because it would never get used anyway. In other words, there is absolutely no upside or incentive to that.


If they change the regs to require airlines to provide a straight-up cash payment for reimbursement (check would be good also), that -might- (depending on the amount) motivate one to try and rearange their scheduling.....

ETA: The guy was in his seat, which he paid for, period - end of story. As far as I'm concerned, short of deboarding the entire plane for an unrelated cause, at that point it was a done deal, and to hell with the "may be denied boarding" language on the ticket. If I buy a BMW, can they decide at the last minute to give me a VW instead? Keep the money and tell me to get lost? Heeeeelllllll no.....

Also, most tickets are non-refundable except in very limited circumstances, even with trip insurance. United charges a $200 fee just to change your flight (plus fare difference) until you hit Premier Gold or higher, so between that and the non-refundable ticket, empty seats due to passengers not showing up are still making money....

If they choose to bring charges on the guy, I can definatively say that were I to be on that jury, I'd be making one hell of a push for either a not-guilty verdict, or even jury nullification if necessary, regardless of what the charges were...

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