A lawyer on TikTok shared how to get paid up to $1,550 if you're bumped from a flight. People said it worked for them.

• Lawyer Erika Kullberg posted on TikTok that you can get paid if you're bumped from a flight.
• Bumping could make you eligible for up to $1,550, depending on when the next flight is.

If you're one of the millions affected by flight delays and cancellations right now due to extremely cold weather in the US, TikToker and lawyer Erika Kullberg shared how you can get money from airlines if you're bumped from a flight in a video that has earned millions of views.

Kullberg, who has 9 million followers at the time of writing, posted the video in December of 2021, where she acts out a conversation between an airline employee and a customer who's been bumped from a flight. In the end, the customer receives $1,000 for having to deal with the delay by citing the policy known as "involuntary denied boarding."

Kullberg's video earned 36 million views after it first posted last December, and that number has since grown to 52 million views currently. At the time of writing, it now has 8 million likes, and people in the comments said Kullberg's tips worked.

"Erika, I just used this tip at the airport coming back home from Virginia. I've literally got enough money to pay for another trip. Thank you," one TikToker commented.

"Currently working as a gate agent and all of this is true. Always ask," wrote another.

Kullberg begins the video by establishing that the customer has been bumped from the flight, and the airline attendant says there's not much they can do.

"Actually, I've read the terms. This is called involuntary denied boarding. And in this case, I'm eligible for compensation," Kullberg says to the attendant.

Since the one-way fare cost $250 and the next flight available was in three hours, Kullberg said that according to the Department of Transportation, she was eligible for $1,000 in compensation, citing that you can get 400% of the cost of your one-way fare if your flight is delayed more than two hours, and airlines can limit compensation if it's higher than $1,550.

For a delay between one and two hours, you're eligible to receive 200% of the cost of your one-way fare, and airlines can limit compensation if it's higher than $775, according to the Department of Transportation.

Kullberg is a founder and lawyer at Plug and Law, a firm that specializes in trademark registration and legal agreements. She also shares her legal tips with her 4.2 million Instagram followers. She told Insider she likes to use her law degree to help people by simplifying complex information that's often written in a way that's hard to read on purpose.

"Ever since law school, I've enjoyed reading the fine print," she said. "I realize that reading the fine print is boring and time-consuming, so it's fun for me to create short-form videos to give actionable tips around the fine print. "