Wrong. Read the UA’s Carriage Contract. Do you people seriously not bother to read what you agree to? Voluntary bumps they can offer whatever they want in the form of vouchers. Involuntary bumps are 400% of your ticket value in cash plus any incurred expenses (like lost time for work, hotel, meals, etc.). He was…

I totally agree. I just found it fascinating once I started going down the rabbit hole of public documents telling the twisted tale of Doctor Dao. Personally, I don’t the guy should be allowed to practice medicine whatsoever, but that’s just me. Especially if you’ve been convicted of felonies related to practicing…

Lol. Sorry, but I’m afraid you didn’t read closely. The $800 voucher offer was for voluntary bumping. Involuntary bumping is automatically 400% of the ticket’s value (in cash, that’s the law), plus any expenses incurred as a result of the delay up to $1350 (like say missed work hours). Unlike Voluntary bumping,…

Lol Nope. You should dig into this guy’s story a bit. It’s shockingly fascinating (although it really shouldn’t have any bearing on what happened on the flight). To summarize:

He was getting $13oo for this involuntary bump. That’s the legal maximum per FAA regulations.

If you don’t have a seat number you’re more likely to get involuntarily bumped. That’s where the bigger payday is. Whereas those with seat assignments have a lower chance of being selected for voluntary bumping. It’s playing the odds.

The important thing to realize is that these travel vouchers don’t actually equate to their stated amounts. In other words a $200 voucher might only cost the company $120.

Breaking up these airlines hurts pricing for the consumer. There’s a ton of overhead that gets consolidated in these mergers that leads to a more affordable business. Break those companies a part and the consumer has to eat all of that new overhead. A lot of times when these mergers happen they’re doing it to get new…

No voluntary bumps occurred and no one bit (the offer was allegedly maxed at $800). At that point they switched to involuntary which randomly selected the four passengers.

You can’t realistically expect an airline to independently verify each passengers claim. And even more importantly that they have pending appointments.

They technically did give him the maximum. When you’re involuntarily bumped from a flight, you automatically get the max compensation per FAA regulations ($1350 I believe).

“No idea what this man does precisely medically, but I’d be royally pissed at my GP if he canceled on me without notice late on a Sunday.”

Next passenger: “I’m a doctor with patients tomorrow too.”

You can thank Carter and the Airline Deregulation Act.

Yes and no. Do the engines have theoretical expiration dates? Yes, but we’ve proven time and time again that they work just fine well past that date (even when showing visual degradation of the propellant itself). The problem is that we have a lot of older models in the arsenal that need to go because they’re not as…

SU-22's are about $11 million a piece. At least two are completely destroyed. It’s certainly not an economic form of war, but this wasn’t “thousands of dollars worth of damage”. There’s also the message that’s being sent. Prior to this the US was unwilling to launch any attacks against Assad. The precedence now is…

From what I’ve read, despite the considerable leap in capability, this is truly only an iterative step. It uses highly optimized versions of the XBoxOne’s processors.

I was thinking the same thing. This guy hates Trump, but might vote GOP. It’s not that uncommon (issues can be supported on either side of the aisle), just a bit ironic considering it was posted by OccupyDemocrats.

“lack of a headphone jack”

“lack of a headphone jack”

“We own a minivan now. There’s a TV that folds down from the ceiling. If we can’t road-trip there, it may as well not exist.”