United Pays Passenger $10,000 to Get Off Plane

Allison Preiss's airport ordeal started out with a tweet from the gate at Dulles International Airport at around 8 a.m. on March 21: TRAVELSKILLS WITH CHRIS MCGINNIS SPONSORED BY . "United is offering $1K in travel credit for an oversold flight. If nobody bites, they will kick off the lowest fare passenger by pulling them out of the boarding line. For a flight that THEY oversold. Unreal." Sounds like some pretty bad news, but it gets better. It gets $9,000 better. (A number… (www.sfgate.com) 更多...