Overbooked flights.

[CHA-LEE]

I used to fly a lot for my work doing last minute service calls. On the way back from service visits I would take advantage of these flight bump vouchers whenever I could. My best "Voucher Rake" was on a flight from Chicago to Denver (going home) the day before Thanksgiving. My flight was first thing in the morning at 6AM and they needed a bump for $500. I took it and they booked me on the next flight at 10AM. The 10AM flight was overbooked as well and they needed a bump again for $500 so I took it again. They booked me on the next flight at 3PM and that one was also overbooked and they needed a bump for $750, I took that too. They booked me on the last flight of the day at 9PM. What do you know, overbooked again and bump needed for $1000 for a guaranteed seat the next morning. They also comped Hotel and Dinner that night for the over night stay. The next morning I got on the flight with an extra $2750 in flight vouchers in my pocket.

[brutal]

I used to fly a lot for my work doing last minute service calls. On the way back from service visits I would take advantage of these flight bump vouchers whenever I could. My best "Voucher Rake" was on a flight from Chicago to Denver (going home) the day before Thanksgiving. My flight was first thing in the morning at 6AM and they needed a bump for $500. I took it and they booked me on the next flight at 10AM. The 10AM flight was overbooked as well and they needed a bump again for $500 so I took it again. They booked me on the next flight at 3PM and that one was also overbooked and they needed a bump for $750, I took that too. They booked me on the last flight of the day at 9PM. What do you know, overbooked again and bump needed for $1000 for a guaranteed seat the next morning. They also comped Hotel and Dinner that night for the over night stay. The next morning I got on the flight with an extra $2750 in flight vouchers in my pocket.

How did you spend them? Don't they restrict you to using $50-$75 per segment per ticket on booked travel? Time limited as well?

Just repeating what I've heard, never actually took one myself, always HAD to be somewhere when the opportunity arose.

[CHA-LEE]

How did you spend them? Don't they restrict you to using $50-$75 per segment per ticket on booked travel? Time limited as well?

Just repeating what I've heard, never actually took one myself, always HAD to be somewhere when the opportunity arose.

These were United Airlines vouchers and I spent them on travel to several competition events with my family. They did have a 1 year expiration but I used them all up before they expired. They didn't have any spending restrictions other than the voucher not covering the taxes of the new flights. I think I milked 5 - 6 trips out of those vouchers while only paying taxes on the fairs. Granted this all happened about 10 years ago so who knows what the policies are today as that stuff seems to change quite often.