Man forcibly removed from overbooked United Airlines flight

[naynay]

it seems only you and a couple other dip shits dont grasp that concept.

[naynay]

Involuntary Bumping

DOT requires each airline to give all passengers who are bumped involuntarily a written statement describing their rights and explaining how the carrier decides who gets on an oversold flight and who doesn't. Those travelers who don't get to fly are frequently entitled to denied boarding compensation in the form of a check or cash. The amount depends on the price of their ticket and the length of the delay:

If you are bumped involuntarily and the airline arranges substitute transportation that is scheduled to get you to your final destination (including later connections) within one hour of your original scheduled arrival time, there is no compensation.
If the airline arranges substitute transportation that is scheduled to arrive at your destination between one and two hours after your original arrival time (between one and four hours on international flights), the airline must pay you an amount equal to 200% of your one-way fare to your final destination that day, with a $675 maximum.
If the substitute transportation is scheduled to get you to your destination more than two hours later (four hours internationally), or if the airline does not make any substitute travel arrangements for you, the compensation doubles (400% of your one-way fare, $1350 maximum).
If your ticket does not show a fare (for example, a frequent-flyer award ticket or a ticket issued by a consolidator), your denied boarding compensation is based on the lowest cash, check or credit card payment charged for a ticket in the same class of service (e.g., coach, first class) on that flight.
You always get to keep your original ticket and use it on another flight. If you choose to make your own arrangements, you can request an "involuntary refund" for the ticket for the flight you were bumped from. The denied boarding compensation is essentially a payment for your inconvenience.
If you paid for optional services on your original flight (e.g., seat selection, checked baggage) and you did not receive those services on your substitute flight or were required to pay a second time, the airline that bumped you must refund those payments to you.
Like all rules, however, there are a few conditions and exceptions:

To be eligible for compensation, you must have a confirmed reservation. A written confirmation issued by the airline or an authorized agent or reservation service qualifies you in this regard even if the airline can't find your reservation in the computer, as long as you didn't cancel your reservation or miss a reconfirmation deadline.
Each airline has a check-in deadline, which is the amount of time before scheduled departure that you must present yourself to the airline at the airport. For domestic flights most carriers require you to be at the departure gate between 10 minutes and 30 minutes before scheduled departure, but some deadlines can be an hour or longer. Check-in deadlines on international flights can be as much as three hours before scheduled departure time. Some airlines may simply require you to be at the ticket/baggage counter by this time; most, however, require that you get all the way to the boarding area. Some may have deadlines at both locations. If you miss the check-in deadline, you may have lost your reservation and your right to compensation if the flight is oversold.

from your link, like i said he was offered compensation first.

[likeitfast55]

from your link, like i said he was offered compensation first.

I believe you are confusing an "offer" with a "penalty" when respect to this ordeal. ( I think)

The 800 dollars is an "offer" to get you to voluntary get off. A "penalty" is what the airlines are mandated to pay if they "remove" you without consent.

[BLAKE]

Nay, your troll game is confused today.

You're rooting for cops to brutalize a minority because a big heartless company said to. You realize that right?

[Rick Modena]

Don't feed the troll...

[naynay]

Nay, your troll game is confused today.

You're rooting for cops to brutalize a minority because a big heartless company said to. You realize that right?

no i am not rooting for that, i am speaking from a legal aspect.

now with that being said, man to man, would you let another man drag you down a plane isle like a 3 year old, or would you have a sense of pride and go talk to them... man to man?

[juiceweezl]

I believe you are confusing an "offer" with a "penalty" when respect to this ordeal. ( I think)

The 800 dollars is an "offer" to get you to voluntary get off. A "penalty" is what the airlines are mandated to pay if they "remove" you without consent.

He's not capable of putting 2 thoughts together to comprehend this. It's okay though. We're all used to it.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Guess what day it is?

[BLAKE]

no i am not rooting for that, i am speaking from a legal aspect.

With all due respect, WTF do you know about law? When did you pas the bar exam?

now with that being said, man to man, would you let another man drag you down a plane isle like a 3 year old, or would you have a sense of pride and go talk to them... man to man?

I'm not honestly sure what I would do in that situation. It's really weird for an airline to deny a seat like that after boarding has already happened.

One thing I know for sure, I sure as hell wouldn't expect to be brutalized by airport cops for staying in a seat I'm already in that I paid for.