Passengers Are Offered $4,000 By Delta Airlines To Give Up Seats On A Flight From Boston To Rome

 

A tempting offer for an overbooked flight was recently exposed in a TikTok video. The video on TikTok, which was first shared by @michaela_romanosmith, featured a flight attendant presenting new specials to entice passengers to board the next flight. Before a passenger eventually accepted the offer, the flight attendant had raised the price to $4,000 and added a hotel room for the night.

Boston to Rome flight was crowded

The aircraft was originally scheduled to depart from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in Massachusetts and land at Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport (FCO) in Italy. 

However, the Delta Air Lines flight was overbooked. As a result, a flight attendant on board the aircraft started offering awards to customers who would leave the trip and free up a seat.

The flight attendant assumed the role of an auctioneer and started presenting the full plane with varying sums of money. The flight attendant is seen in the video giving the passengers $3,500. A man gets up, but he simply uses the loo and rejects the present.

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Finally, the flight attendant makes a free hotel stay and $4,000 offer to the crowd. Two passengers are seen simultaneously jumping up and moving towards the front of the aircraft in the TikTok video. "Whoever," the flight attendant exclaims. "Whoever comes first!"

13 different people reportedly left the plane during the incident, according to the video's original poster. The prizes were between $2,000 and $4,000. This incident also occurs shortly after Delta Air Lines declared in an earnings call earlier this year that it will take the risk by boosting its overbooking rate. The company was anticipated to begin overbooking more flights at that time.

If no one departed the aircraft

Fortunately, the Boston to Rome flight had room for all of its extra passengers, and it set off with the anticipated number. However, airlines all over the world routinely overbook flights in an effort to increase revenue by guaranteeing that every aircraft is full. Airlines occasionally give incentives to passengers who want to leave the aircraft on their own as a result of this. 

The amount of money or vouchers offered is negotiable and has no upper limit for exiting passengers.

Sometimes, due to the overbooking procedure—which is entirely legal—passengers are forcibly removed from their scheduled flights. However, passengers who are forcibly removed from an aircraft are entitled to compensation. There are requirements for bumped passengers, according to the United States Department of Transportation.

In particular, the passenger must have a confirmed reservation, and be at the airport on time for check-in and boarding, and the airline is unable to ensure that they will reach their destination within an hour of the flight's scheduled arrival time. If the delay lasts longer than one hour, the airline is required to pay the passenger.

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