UNITED GIVES $10K TRAVEL VOUCHER TO BUMPED FLYER

A passenger who was bumped off a full flight has scored the maximum prize — a $10,000 travel voucher.

A spokesman for United Airlines confirmed Friday that a passenger got the big voucher “per our company policy.” He declined to name the person.

In a series of tweets, Allison Preiss of Washington, D.C., described how she was rewarded after being asked to give up her seat on a Thursday flight.

Preiss told The Associated Press she was waiting to board a flight from Dulles Airport outside Washington to Austin, Texas.

Agents announced in the gate area that the flight was oversold, and they offered $800 vouchers, then raised it to $1,000 in travel credit, Preiss said.

“Since nobody volunteered, they then announced that the lowestfare passenger would be pulled out of the boarding line,” Preiss said.

The agents raised the offer for volunteers to a $2,000 voucher, but when no one responded, Preiss was stopped from boarding the plane.

In her tweets, Preiss said a United employee offered her $2,000 in travel credit, but she wanted cash. Then an agent offered a $10,000 voucher, and she took it.

Asked what she will do with the voucher, Preiss, who manages communications for a liberal advocacy group, told The AP, “Haven’t decided yet, but I’m thinking Hawaii.”—The Associated Press