

On Monday morning, April 15th, Delta Air Lines was handing out $3,000 to passengers to take a later flight from Chicago to Seattle. It was the 7:50 a.m. departure the morning after Easter. And one passenger shares what happened after they had already boarded.
They were given a $2,000 credit and a separate $1,000 credit. The amounts were so high that Delta had to run it as two separate transactions. You are given a claim voucher and then go to the airline’s Choice Benefits portal to covert them to gift cards.
The airline had already been handing out $1,700 credits – to 22 passengers! – before discovering they needed two more passengers who each received $3,000 according to this customer. That’s $43,400 in compensation on a single flight!