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Re:Southwest to Stop Overbooking as United Uproar Echoes by ManlyBread on Friday April 28, 2017 @03:06AM (#14217445)
And then you have guys like me, who fly very rarely and only if no other options are available. Any voucher tied to flying is inherently worthless, because not only I've lost a lot of time but also the whole point of flying - being able to move quickly from one place to another - is defeated by the fact that I'm now stuck in the airport.

To top that off, if this happened during a holiday it means I'm getting a bad deal anyway - if I'd want money I wouldn't take vacation days in the first place.

Re:Southwest to Stop Overbooking as United Uproar Echoes by hueving on Sunday April 30, 2017 @06:54PM (#14234326)
Then you wouldn't accept the bid. That's the entire point of an auction system.