Know Your Rights: Here’s What an Airline Owes You When You Get Bumped

Airlines have a lot of leeway when it comes to denying passengers entry onto an aircraft. The recent incident on the United Airlines' Sunday flight to Louisville was a dramatic example of how far an airline can carry a situation once it decides to act.

But passengers do have some rights when they find themselves bumped off a flight—particularly if the removal stems from the airline's own overbooking practices. While United now says that Sunday's Chicago-St.