I’m having another unexpected #travel experience. While waiting to board a 9 PM EST domestic flight, an airline agent went on speaker to announce that the flight was oversold by 2 seats, so they were looking for two volunteers with flexible schedule to be booked on an early morning flight tomorrow instead. For the trouble, they would award them $1,000 each in gift cards.

We started debating the idea with my partner, and by the time we figured out we pull it off, the bid had increased to $1,500 in reward. At this point we showed up at the gate desk just before another passenger which had also convinced by the new bid.

Lo and behold, after a taxi ride also covered by the airline to stay at an airport hotel, we’ll now have a short sleep before we need to get up to catch our new flight. It’s a little inconvenient, but our next transatlantic flight to visit my parents is now mostly covered by the reward.

I’ve never given much credit to those social media post asking whether you would do something mildly inconvenient for an absurd sum of money, but I never expected to be given an actual opportunity. And it looks like $1,500 is my price point for a short night in a crappy airport hotel to catch an early plane instead of an evening one.

#SliceOfLife