“Come on guys, $3,500,” the flight attendant said over the intercom in an auction-style incentive to get someone to take a later flight that was recorded and posted to TikTok last week.
Representatives for Delta did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Overbooking flights is an unfortunate-yet-common practice as Delta’s Contract of Carriage delineates that the airline “reserves the right to sell more tickets for travel on each flight than there are seats available on the aircraft.” Earlier this year, Democratic Sens. Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal proposed a bill in the Senate that would force airlines to pay passengers who are bumped from an oversold flight at least $1,350.Southwest Airlines scheduling fiascoDelta’s Contract of Carriage notes that the airline has the right to overbook flights, which is a common practice. For passengers who voluntarily relinquish their seat, vouchers have run from hundreds to as much as $10,000.
Passengers with canceled flights may get compensation under the new bill, which has yet to be passed.
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