Passenger shocked after crew offered him thousands to get off the plane

A passenger on a recent Delta flight is laughing all the way to the bank.Traveling before or after a holiday weekend is always hectic for both fliers and airlines.

However, one traveler was at the right place at the right time when the popular airline offered him $3,000 to change flights.Here’s what exactly happened, as shared on Reddit: “I was booked on a Delta flight from Chicago O’Hare to Seattle, 7:50 AM departure.Monday after Easter—aka a max-capacity travel kinda day.”The lucky air traveler continued by writing, “I boarded with Zone 2, grabbed my seat in Row 10, and settled in.”“Then a gate agent walks up to the front of first class — no mic, no big announcement — and casually drops what sounded like a travel myth: ‘We’re looking for two volunteers to deplane due to fuel rebalancing issues.

Compensation is $3,000.'”It sounds almost too good to be true — but Delt was serious.“I barely even processed it before my hand was in the air.

No hesitation.I wasn’t letting anyone else beat me to it.

Another passenger raised theirs right after,” the flier added.They wrote in the thread that Delta handed two vouchers — one was a $2,000 credit and the other was $1,000, since “Apparently Delta can’t issue more than $2K in one go, so they split it.”The credit isn’t limited to just Delta flight credit — it could also be converted to actual gift cards to major retailers.The passenger was obviously thrilled to be $3,000 richer and to have more time with their family before catching another flight home.

While this person thought they were only one of two lucky people on that flight, it turns out that an equipment change happened earlier that day, in which Delta offered $1,700 to 22 passengers who voluntarily got off that same flight.If you do the math, that’s $43,400 that Delta shelled out due to issues on their plane.

“I always thought once you board, you’re locked in and done.But apparently, if Delta hits an operationa...