Being bumped on an airline other than Southwest means a very real chance of getting stuck on a middle seat on the next available flight.
The $500 is pretty sweet but I basically won't even book a flight unless I have an aisle. Sometimes agreeing to be bumped can result in a seat upgrade but more often than not the seat you end up with is what's ever available. You could always wait for later flights where you have a choice of seats but hanging around the airport is very boring. When passengers get involuntarily bumped many of them go crazy. The compensation doesn't begin to settle them down. If you check in early there is almost a zero chance you lose your seat.
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> Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 11 SEP 2012
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> "Getting Used to an Idea"
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> http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/bob_dancer/2012/0911.cfm
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