Delta approves offers of up to $10,000 to flyers who give up seats on overbooked flights after United scandal
- Delta has raised the maximum amounts that its employees can offer flyers
- Internal memo says gate agents can offer up to $2,000, up from $800
- And supervisors can offer up to $9,950 on overbooked flights, up from $1,350
- Comes as United continues to suffer fallout from passenger dragged off flight
They aren't dragging their feet!
Delta is giving airport employees permission to offer passengers up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up their seats on overbooked flights.
Delta's move comes as United Airlines struggles to recover from images of a passenger's forced removal from a sold-out flight.
In an internal memo, Delta says gate agents can offer up to $2,000 in compensation, up from a previous maximum of $800, and supervisors can offer up to $9,950, up from $1,350.
In an internal memo, Delta says gate agents can offer up to $2,000 in compensation, up from a previous maximum of $800, and supervisors can offer up to $9,950, up from $1,350
United has faced a vicious nationwide backlash after video of a bloodied Dr. David Dao, an internal medicine specialist from Kentucky, being dragged out of an airplane was posted to social media and quickly went viral.
The situation was spurred by an overbooked flight, after United said it needed a passenger to give up a seat, but none agreed to for the amount of vouchers offered.
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