Wow!  Check out this recent statement from the U.S. Department of Transportation, if you’re bumped involuntarily from an airline flight, you could be paid as much as $1,200 per incident, this is up from $400 to $800.

The new bumping rules will be released today from the department and we can’t wait to read through what else may have changed.  This new bumping increase comes as airline overbooking has gotten much worse since the economic downturn and cheaper flight costs.  The worst offenders by far of bumping passengers has been American Eagle, US Airways and Continental.

Now I kinda want to get bumped to get that much dough!