What To Do If You’re Bumped From a Flight

According to CNN online, last year airlines bumped 681,105 passengers from flights in the U.S. If you volunteer to give up your seat on a flight that’s overbooked, you can expect to be rebooked on the next flight and even get a free flight pass to use on another trip. But if you were bumped against your will, you’re at the mercy of the commercial airline’s schedule. This can take a while, especially because these days most commercial flights are flying at full capacity. You need to know your rights about being bumped involuntarily. If you’re placed on another flight within one hour, you will get no compensation. But if it takes up to two hours to get on another domestic flight (or four hours on an international flight), the airline must pay you double the value of your one-way fare, up to the maximum of $650. If you’re stranded in an airport for more than two hours, expect to be reimbursed four times the value of your one-way ticket, up to $1,300.

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