Jason Aten and his family (Credit: Jason Aten) LANSING, Mich. - How much is your airplane seat worth? Not $10,000 for at least one Delta passenger who passed up the offer on a recent flight.
Jason Aten, 42, of Lansing, Michigan, said he and his family were flying from Grand Rapids to Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 27.
They were headed to Anchorage, Alaska, for a two-week RV vacation. "We had boarded the flight and the flight attendant came over the PA and announced that they were looking for volunteers who were willing to give up their seats for $10,000," Aten told FOX Television Stations. "At first, everyone thought it must be some kind of mistake.
Then, she made the announcement again, and added ‘if you have ApplePay, you’ll even have the money right now’." RELATED: Delta reportedly paid passengers $10K to leave oversold flightAten said some passengers thought she meant frequent flyer miles at first instead of cash.