Erika Kullberg has shared a video explaining how passengers are entitled to freebies from an airline if a flight is overbooked. Airlines often intentionally overbook flights in anticipation that some passengers won't show up. But if they do show up, then there aren't enough seats for each person so some people get bumped from the flight – this is more common on US airlines. Erika revealed that if you volunteer to be bumped, you can receive free food, drinks, hotel stay and cash from the airline for your trouble.

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