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Old 12th Apr 2017, 20:34
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Gertrude the Wombat
 
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Originally Posted by Airbubba
Looks like United is already taking steps to quickly resolve the matter :

United to refund ticket cost to Flight 3411 passengers - wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather & Sports
So it has already cost them several times as much as it would have done to bribe someone with a few grand to get off the flight. That's without the various lawsuits and the share price.


How on earth anyone thought that was clever is completely beyond me.


Look, if you offer $800 it'll maybe be jumped at by a foreign student who is bumming around the USA for a few months and it doesn't matter which day, or week, they get there, but if there ain't enough of them on the flight no professional is going to lose a night at home and a day at work for that little.
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