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#Post#: 1710--------------------------------------------------
who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: TootsNYC Date: May 18, 2018, 7:03 am
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My kids are flying somewhere w/ a connecting flight (they are 24
and 20, which I think is material). I'm paying for the flights
since they are coming to visit my father (I flew out earlier).
They have a 4-hour layover in the connecting city, so I told
them that if their flight is overbooked, they should volunteer
to take the bonus that the airline is handing out (I took a
similar flight and they were offering $800 for people to bump).
I think they got on their plane already, so it's totally moot.
But I thought we could discuss:
Who would get that $800--me, who paid for the flight? Or them,
who are giving up the seat on the plane, and whose time it
actually is?
Does it make a difference if the time they give up isn't arrival
time, and is only that they're sitting in a different airport?
#Post#: 1711--------------------------------------------------
Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: guest128 Date: May 18, 2018, 7:06 am
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Them. They are the ones opting to add uncertainty into their
travel schedule.
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Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: Gellchom Date: May 18, 2018, 7:08 am
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That’s a good question, and a tough one.
I suppose I’m kind of dodging the question, and it won’t apply
in other situations, but an idea that occurs to me is to put the
hypothetical $800 aside to be used for future family travel for
them that they might otherwise have had to pay for themselves.
I hope that this family trip is for a happy reason and that you
all have a good visit.
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Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: TootsNYC Date: May 18, 2018, 7:21 am
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[quote author=HannahGrace link=topic=150.msg1711#msg1711
date=1526645219]
Them. They are the ones opting to add uncertainty into their
travel schedule.
[/quote]
What's funny is that it feels like my travel schedule--I came up
with the trip, I booked the flights, I suggested they volunteer
to be bumped. Sometimes they just feel like live cargo. ;)
It's such a weird time--they aren't really grownups, but they
are.
[quote author=Gellchom link=topic=150.msg1712#msg1712
date=1526645338]
That’s a good question, and a tough one.
I suppose I’m kind of dodging the question, and it won’t apply
in other situations, but an idea that occurs to me is to put the
hypothetical $800 aside to be used for future family travel for
them that they might otherwise have had to pay for themselves.
[/quote]
I thought about splitting it.
[quote]
I hope that this family trip is for a happy reason and that you
all have a good visit.
[/quote]
Thanks! Dad's getting older, so every trip is a "while he's
still with us" trip, but he's healthy and in good shape.
#Post#: 1724--------------------------------------------------
Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: kckgirl Date: May 18, 2018, 7:59 am
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Have you already paid for the tickets? Maybe you can use the
money to pay whatever card you charged them to, so the flights
are essentially free.
#Post#: 1729--------------------------------------------------
Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: guest46 Date: May 18, 2018, 8:09 am
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Wow that is tricky. You and your kids both have strong claims to
the vouchers. I guess I would let the kids have them because
they are compensation for their time and inconvenience.
Since you're arranging and paying for these trips, I think you
could say, "Hold on to those vouchers, it would be nice to visit
Grandpa at Thanksgiving/Christmas/sometime and we could use them
then."
But if paying for these trips isn't a problem and you can afford
to let these vouchers go, it would be awesome to let your kids
do what they want with them! I would have loved a free plane
ticket at that age and appreciated you for not taking it away
from me. I know handling bills, money, stress, etc. is part of
growing up but so is handling bonuses and windfalls. Travel,
adventures and exploring shape us in adulthood as well.
#Post#: 1735--------------------------------------------------
Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: Two Ravens Date: May 18, 2018, 8:22 am
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Definitely them.
They are the ones who have to sit around in an airport for hours
with nothing to do.
[quote author=kckgirl link=topic=150.msg1724#msg1724
date=1526648372]
Have you already paid for the tickets? Maybe you can use the
money to pay whatever card you charged them to, so the flights
are essentially free.
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The airlines don’t generally give you cash. I have only ever
gotten travel vouchers.
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Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: SummerNightsRaceCarLights Date: May 18, 2018, 8:42 am
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I am curious, because I have never been able to do this---are
the vouchers/cash whatever given in the names of the travelers?
Or are they transferable?
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Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: guest46 Date: May 18, 2018, 8:51 am
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[quote author=SummerNightsRaceCarLights
link=topic=150.msg1741#msg1741 date=1526650949]
I am curious, because I have never been able to do this---are
the vouchers/cash whatever given in the names of the travelers?
Or are they transferable?
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IIRC (it's been a while since I had one) they come with the
passenger's name on them and also a code that you use to buy a
ticket online later.
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Re: who gets the money--me, or the kids?
By: Lynn2000 Date: May 18, 2018, 9:43 am
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If I were the kid, I would go into it assuming any voucher or
bonus was my mom's, because she paid for the initial ticket. I
would be sure to offer it to her, and then it would be 50/50 if
she took it or told me to keep it and use it for what I wanted.
Her decision would be based on a lot of things, like... budgets
and whatever. (I play the part of the kid well. The mom, not so
much.)
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