# Volunteer Your Seat on an Oversold Flight – Then Negotiate Before You Accept

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-23T16:30:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/volunteer-seat-oversold-flight/
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If you can arrive a few hours late, volunteer your seat when an airline oversells your flight, and treat its first offer as an opening bid. Before you accept, get a confirmed seat on a later flight and ask what the travel credit is worth, when it expires, and whether you can take cash instead. Source

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