Jeopardy! contestant claims game show didn’t pay for travel or hotel expenses

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. fan Andy Saunders, who wrote that it’s been a longstanding policy of the show to not pay for airfare and accommodations, ultimately posing an “issue of fairness” amongst contestants. “But the first flight and four total nights in a hotel and a lot of Ubering was on me.” In a 1994 article from the Oakland Tribune, former contestant coordinator Kelley Carpenter said that if the show were to fly out contestants from the other side of the country, it would be unfair to those who live closer to Jeopardy’s studio in Los Angeles. “Because we have both out-of-towners and locals appearing on the show, if we were to pay for an airfare and a hotel, we would have technically given away money to some contestants coming from the East Coast, which wouldn’t be fair to someone who only lives 20 minutes away,” she said. “Wow … no clue they didn’t pay your travel expenses … that’s weak,” wrote one Twitter user, while another said: “I remember thinking ‘at least the $1,000 third prize would pay for the trip,’ but that’s probably not true anymore.” Jeopardy!