>I've made out quite well on United
No, you made out poorly. Wouldn't you prefer to have been paid more?
>The terms were generous too—a year to use them
Are you for real? That's not generous.
No, you made out poorly. Wouldn't you prefer to have been paid more?
>The terms were generous too—a year to use them
Are you for real? That's not generous.
And it ended up being around 3 or 4 years, but because of the pandemic. I honestly don't remember the original amount, 1 or 2 years. Either way I had no issue using them. I was even able to use them to pay for another traveler as long as I was also on the booking (bought my mother a ticket).
Side note: No need for this dismissive tone, my statements were obviously subjective—one person's generous can easily be another person's disappointing. So you're in violation of two HN guidelines:
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
Airlines _will_ frequently offer voluntary benefits in excess of this amount to maintain good relationships, and gate agents for, say, Delta, can even offer as high as nearly $10k [1], which is kind of crazy: you'd think they'd just fall back on the involuntary limits.
[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/delta-10000-offer-to-switch-fli....
If you don't volunteer, you're much more likely to stay on the flight and not be paid anything.