Did they actually offer that to the passengers? I didn't see any mention of this...

Did they actually offer that to the passengers? I didn't see any mention of this in the article.

Some comments here talk about $800. I don't think that's equivalent to a 1st ticket, but I may be wrong.

In any case, they may have the law, but I still think it was very poorly handled.

I'm also curious to know what was their random process to select the 4 passengers.

They said it was "the computer", but I think they just looked at the fare paid and picked the lowest ones.