Delta thought their Friday morning Atlanta-to-South Bend route wouldn't be in high demand the day before Georgia–Notre Dame. They thought wrong.
Georgia plays Notre Dame on Saturday night in the teams' first-ever meeting and the Bulldogs' first game above the Mason-Dixon Line since 1965. Ticket prices are through the roof and South Bend hotels have been sold out for months. And every Georgia fan with a ticket and accommodations is determined to get there, even if it means declining a $4,000 offer.
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Zach Klein, the sports director for WSB-TV in Atlanta, documented Delta's attempts to get people off the overbooked flight by offering gigantic sums of money and a later (7:00 p.m. ET) flight.
Delta offering "$2200 for fans to take the next flight.. you can see a lot more Georgia games" pic.twitter.com/7cVRAlEwC8
— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) September 8, 2017
They bumped offer to $2,800 and not one person has hit their call button to take it https://t.co/BUAPtP8dY5
— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) September 8, 2017
Now $3,000 https://t.co/oKga0uw8aZ
— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) September 8, 2017
Now $4,000 https://t.co/MkPX3zO8H0
— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) September 8, 2017
Sold!!!
This kind lady volunteered to get bumped.. for a 7pm flight tonight to South Bend.. for $4,000…
Not one fan wanted to get in late pic.twitter.com/gCOwFpz2Hf— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) September 8, 2017
