On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 12:06:16 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 08:51:55 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

United kept increasing the compensation offer to the passengers, but didn't get the volunteers needed.

Not exactly true. They offered up to $800 in various vouchers that
made the passenger responsible for finding their way to louisville
within that price, take it or leave it.

Typically they re-book you on a later flight, and the voucher is good for travel at a later date.