A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he was dragged off

Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by panzagl on Monday April 10, 2017 @12:52PM (#14080166)

They did, they went up to $800 and nobody volunteered. They were too cheap to offer any more.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by jessaustin on Monday April 10, 2017 @12:57PM (#14080243)

This is the problem here. If they would have offered $5000 they would have had four seats immediately. They're going to pay a lot more than $20,000 for this disaster.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by ryandrake on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:21PM (#14080586)

Why offer $5000 when you can just beat people's faces in and drag them away?

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:02PM (#14080314)

What are they legally required to offer before they can just pick people?

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by panzagl on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:04PM (#14080350)

If they pick someone they are entitled to 4 x ticket capped at $1350.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by johnnyo on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:13PM (#14080484)

Which is why they "randomly" pick the people who paid the least for their ticket.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:14PM (#14080498)

Hmm. So for Chicago to Louisville, $800 could plausibly have been 4 x ticket. So that could be the max that United was required to offer.

Note the weasel wording. I don't actually know.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by btbuildem on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:05PM (#14080359)

$1350

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