The plight of Jaleesa Jackson and Chiedozie Uwandu was detailed in a Boston Globe column last month. Airbnb then publicly apologized to the couple and promised to compensate them for the shock of their "super host" crashing through a large window in their darkened bedroom as they slept.

 

Before the column appeared, Airbnb had brushed off Jackson's demand for $5,000 (including $2,300 in extra expenses the couple incurred because of the incident). But the column brought them together. How much did Airbnb pay the couple? "We can't disclose," Jackson said. Read more