India, April 25 -- Travel during a holiday weekend is always a frenzy for both airlines and passengers. But one flyer, travelling on the Monday after Easter Sunday, walked away with a reward few could imagine.

According to a post on Reddit, the traveller was on a Delta flight from Chicago O'Hare to Seattle, scheduled for 7:50 am, a high-traffic day by all standards. "I boarded with Zone 2, grabbed my seat in Row 10, and settled in," he wrote.

What happened next felt almost unreal. "A gate agent walks up to the front of first class - no mic, no big announcement - and casually drops what sounded like a travel myth: 'We're looking for two volunteers to deplane due to fuel rebalancing issues. Compensation is $3,000.'"

That's around Rs.2.5 ...