Amid the turmoil over the involuntary removal of a United passenger, many are wondering why nobody on that flight was willing to take the compensation offered and voluntarily give up their seats.
I recently made 1,200 Euro and was treated to an overnight stay with meals in Frankfurt because Lufthansa overbooked my flight back to the U.S. during the first week of the spring school holidays in Germany. That was nice, but that's chump change compared to what's possible in these transactions.
My friend and fellow travel writer Laura Begley Bloom topped that recently by raking in $11,000 by voluntarily giving up her family's seats on Delta flights, not once, not twice, but three times.
Airlines work hard to avoid involuntary bumps and with the United video playing to millions, it is likely that they will work even harder in the future. Here's how to cash in.
