Which airlines are you most likely to get kicked off?

According to the Department of Transportation, more people were involuntarily bumped from their flights last year than in over a decade. The total comes to a whopping 63,000 very angry passengers who had no choice but to give up their seats because of an overbooked flight.

An additional 620,000 passengers voluntarily gave up their seats last year to get those free-flight vouchers and other goodies the airlines dangle. So which airlines have the worst habit of overbooking? Delta had the highest rate of involuntary bumps followed by Continental.

An involuntary bump really sucks. What if you had to urgently get somewhere? Or what if the next flight leaves two days later? What if your $3,000 cruise will be leaving the port without you unless you get on the flight?

The silver lining here is that the DOT is thinking about mandating airlines to give passengers up to $400 who are bumped, but end up flying out within 2 hours. The vouchers would escalate to $800 for longer delays.

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