Well, it seems that tweeting paid off for Allison Preiss, a communications director from DC. Preiss was on a flight from Dulles Thursday morning that was oversold due to a broken seat. She began tweeting when the gate agent was looking for a volunteer for a $1K voucher. With no one volunteering, United announced that the lowest fare passenger would be de-boarded. Preiss found out it was her. She was given a $10,000 voucher (the new maximum after the dragging incident) and two $10 meal vouchers (which she originally planned to use at Pizza Hut). She somehow continued to tweet/complain that she wasn’t also given lounge access! For $10,000 I would have been more than happy to sit at Pizza Hut all day! I wonder if United was following along with her tweets when they decided what compensation to offer…
.@united offering $1K in travel credit for an oversold flight. If nobody bites, they will kick off the lowest fare passenger by pulling them out of the boarding line. For a flight that THEY oversold. Unreal.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
I AM THE LOWEST FARE PASSENGER.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
They are kicking me off this flight.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
They can’t board me on this plane because there is a broken seat.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
.@united IS THE WORST.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
.@united tried to get me to sign a document that says I volunteered my seat on this plane when I was involuntarily denied boarding. Sketchy af.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
On the upside, I wasn’t physically dragged off the plane and my dog wasn’t killed on board, so I’ve got that going for me…which is nice.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
They really do not want to give me cash. They just offered me $10,000 in travel credit. TEN THOUSAND.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
This is how badly United didn’t want to give me cash: pic.twitter.com/sI7vmbeB2Q
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
I also got two $10 meal vouchers. I am going to go INSANE at Pizza Hut
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
despite this, the airline held pretty firm on not giving me lounge access for the day ¯_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/jrLtFoV7nJ
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 22, 2018
One important clarification to yesterday’s travel saga: I did not actually eat Pizza Hut. That is all.
— Allison Preiss (@allisonmpreiss) March 23, 2018
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If it is only on United metal, not bad. If it is booked on united website, then you can really go to town lol. First world problems.