Delta Offered Family $24,000 In Travel Vouchers, Then Reneged And Cancelled The Flight

Delta offered the family a $24,000 travel voucher, but they ignored it and canceled the flight

Along Gary Leff January 1, 2023

A family of three was traveling on Delta from Oakland to Salt Lake City on an overbooked flight. The gate agent offered him $8,000 per person ($24,000 total) to get on another flight. They felt like they had won the lottery. But Delta later turned down the offer. My family didn’t get the vouchers and they weren’t allowed to board the plane.

Instead, Delta ended up canceling the flight due to a missing flight attendant. As a result, “we didn’t need family seats” to accommodate other passengers. By canceling the flight, Delta did not have to pay denied boarding compensation at all.

A Bay Area traveler was offered a voucher worth $24,000 by Delta to give up a seat for a family member on an overbooked flight. However, he says the airline withdrew an offer made after a suspected personnel accident.

David Reeves, a Nashville native who was in San Francisco on vacation, said, “I understand flights get canceled and things happen. But don’t pull on the carrots.”

The flight was on Christmas Eve and the family had a layover in Nashville. The man’s family said he ruined Christmas by receiving a bump voucher, but in his words, “$24,000…he could wait a day until it was $8,000 a seat.” I can do it”.

In the end, they didn’t get the voucher, and they didn’t make it in time for Christmas Eve, but they made it in time for Christmas. 2 days later, the day after Christmas. But they took matters into their own hands and drove to the Monterey airport, where they boarded the plane. Delta covered the overnight hotel and rental car costs.

Imagine getting a travel voucher worth nearly $24,000 and no money or a plane.you’re sick of airlines for now Haven’t gotten the future trips they offered yet.

Detail of the view from the wing