Clever Philadelphia traveler reveals how she bagged luxury Italian break for free by exploiting common problem airlines face READ MORE: Lawyer kicked off flight after he discovered his seat overbooked By Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com Published: 23:52 BST, 9 August 2024 | Updated: 23:52 BST, 9 August 2024 e-mail View comments An American traveler in Italy racked up thousands of dollars and extended her luxury vacation by agreeing to get bumped from overbooked flights. Susan Berry found out her first flight home to Philadelphia from Naples was overbooked and took the offer from American Airlines gate agents to get a $1,200 travel voucher in exchange for flying out the next day.
The freelance photographer learned there is no limit on the amount of vouchers she can receive so she decided to test her luck and volunteered to be bumped again. Berry ended up extending her stay in Italy by four days, collecting $3,600 in airline vouchers. Plus she got to stay at four-star hotels, transportation and three meals a day covered by American Airlines.
'The second day when I found out that there was potentially a two week opportunity to do this. That's when I started being, like, "cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching,"' Berry told Good Morning America . Susan Berry racked up thousands of dollars and extended her luxury vacation in Italy by agreeing to get bumped from overbooked flights American Airlines gate agents offered $1,200 travel vouchers in exchange for flying out the next day 'I was ju.