<prompt> Human: Sorry if this isnt the correct location but the title summarizes the story. I traveled for a business trip but was involuntarily bumped due to overbooking and the airline cut me a check. Am I entitled to keeping the money or is my employer entitled to the money due to them purchasing the ticket? I am going to ask tomorrow when I go to work but I wanted to get some insight before having that conversation. I live in CA if this is of any relevance. Thanks!Update: My boss didnt know so he called someone higher up and they said that its mine to keep. Thank you all for your help. Hope this gives insight to other people that encounter this.  <response>: Happened to me a number of times while working in field service. Since it didnt effect the cost for the company to send me on the trip I got to keep the money. They just treated it like any other delay. Its more of a penalty to the airline industry to get them to stop overbooking flights. However each company has it own policies and yours could be different so best to check with your boss. 