$15,000 Flight Credit To Take Later JetBlue Flight To Cancun. Yes Please!
A video from a young traveler went viral on TikTok for refusing to accept a $10,000 flight credit on JetBlue to take a later flight to Cancun. Eventually, JetBlue found a passenger willing to accept a $15,000 credit for a bump. Is there such a deficit in trust between airlines and passengers that people wouldn’t clamor for these offers?
Seriously? Passengers Turn Down Bump With $1o,ooo Flight Credit To Take Later JetBlue Flight To Cancun
I could only dream to be offered a $10-15K to take a later flight. Unless it was to a wedding or funeral, I cannot imagine another scenario in which it would not take sense to miss a day of vacation in order to to take the credit. But apparently most on the plane had a different point of view than me.
@riesjess its been 45 mins. #springbreak #cancun #mexico #jetblue
The video starts with Jess Ries complaining that her flight to Cancun cannot take off because JetBlue cannot find someone willing to be voluntarily denied boarding:
“Supposed to be on the way to Cancun but we can’t leave until one person gives up their seat. They’re offering $10,000 and no one will take it.”
Millions of users were incredulous Ries did not take the offer. She later explained:
“They started offering a ton of money to anyone who would give up their seat, but it was flight credit, not cash.
“They told us that the flight credit was only valid for JetBlue flights within one year and considering the fact that JetBlue doesn’t have flights to that many destinations, it didn’t seem realistic for me to spend $10,000 in flight credit on Jet Blue.
“I’m on a spring break trip with 30 of my friends and no one wanted to leave the group or ditch the trip.”
Her reasoning is as much a damning indictment of the vacation system in the USA more than anything else. JetBlue actually travels to more than 100 destinations across the USA, as well as Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and London. All Ries needed was some time and she could have flown a few of her friends to London in business class or even potentially all 30 of her friends on a shorter route.
CONCLUSION
Admittedly, stories like this actually hurt me to read…how can you turn down such a generous offer to go a few hour or even a day later to Cancun? Seriously? But Ries was hardly alone: every passenger on the plane turned down the $10,000 offer.
What is your thresholds for accepting a voluntary denied boarding credit? Do you have a dollar figure in mind?
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