As noted above, one needs to have to flexibility to partake in being bumped.
I'm retired so it would be on a rare flight that I couldn't say yes.
When our three kids were younger we frequently flew to Orlando or Tampa. Delta would over book in a big way during Christmas week and other school vacations. Several times they were happy to take all five of us off the plane.
On one trip they:
flew us to Dallas
covered transportation to and from the airport
put us up in a hotel
paid for dinner and breakfast
got us to Tampa by 11:00 the next day
gave us five more round trip tickets!!!
We were due in at 11pm the previous night. We had nothing planned in the twelve hours we missed and the kids loved the adventure!
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