Delta offers passengers almost $10,000 to switch flights: report

A passenger with a ticket on an oversold Delta flight said he and other passengers were offered $10,000 to give up their seats and travel at a later date, according to a report in Inc. magazine.

Inc. tech columnist Jason Aten said he and his family recently traveled on a Delta Air Lines flight to Minneapolis, and that passengers on the oversold flight were offered a whopping $10,000 in cash — not flight credit — to give up their seats. 

Delta sought eight volunteers, according to Aten's account of the event. "If you have Apple Pay, you'll even have the money right now," the flight attendant said, according to Aten.