Less Bumping by Airlines

[USAToday reports](http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-12-19-bump-usat_x.htm), with a fancy graphic, on new Government numbers that show a steady decline in the rate of bumping over the past five years: 12 passengers per 10,000 from their scheduled flights. USA Today credits the drop in bumping to better overbooking tools from the airlines, better predicting flights with the most no-shows, and web check-in. I had no idea that nearly 40,000 passengers got bumped in 2005 and 460,000 gave up their seats. As frequent flyers know, you can do well accepting the bump with upgrades and ticket vouchers. With the airliners being much stricter, that maybe one of the few perks left.