Wiirachay
Mar 6, 04, 8:44 am
My parents and I flew to OGG (Kahului, Maui) last December. We were confirmed in CO J class (using mileage) IAH-HNL, connecting on HA Y class HNL-OGG.
Right when the gate agent arrived for the IAH-HNL flight, I asked the agent if he needed any volunteers. He said no. However, during boarding, the agents were desperate to find volunteers. CO somehow can't get things straight like this. If NW even suspects that they need volunteers, they just add them to their computerized list!
Their offer was $750 in TCVs, a confirmed seat on the same flight the next day (no specific mention of an upgrade -- I probably guessed not), plus free hotel. So, I talked to the agent and gave him a counter offer:
Put my parents and me in on the non-stop IAH-OGG flight leaving 2 hours later (which meant actually arriving a few minutes earlier in OGG) in J class. The agent said the he wanted to think about it; but he told another agent to hold 3 J seats on the other flight immediately. I also asked for the $750 in TCVs, but he said we shouldn't get any because we're not overnighting and he thought we were originally confirmed in Y. However, I told him that we were already confirmed in J to begin with. He offered $500 in TCVs. Deal.
$500 in TCVs to arrive ealier at our destination; confirmed in "paid" J class, meaning we'd receive miles for that trip. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cool.gif
On the way back (HNL-IAH) and on the new flight (IAH-OGG), agents offered $300-$500 in TCVs + free hotel + confirmed seating on the same flight the next day. However, J class was fully booked and I could only be confirmed in Y. I had agents search for alternate routings for flights with J class available. All booked in J class. No deal.
- Pat
Right when the gate agent arrived for the IAH-HNL flight, I asked the agent if he needed any volunteers. He said no. However, during boarding, the agents were desperate to find volunteers. CO somehow can't get things straight like this. If NW even suspects that they need volunteers, they just add them to their computerized list!
Their offer was $750 in TCVs, a confirmed seat on the same flight the next day (no specific mention of an upgrade -- I probably guessed not), plus free hotel. So, I talked to the agent and gave him a counter offer:
Put my parents and me in on the non-stop IAH-OGG flight leaving 2 hours later (which meant actually arriving a few minutes earlier in OGG) in J class. The agent said the he wanted to think about it; but he told another agent to hold 3 J seats on the other flight immediately. I also asked for the $750 in TCVs, but he said we shouldn't get any because we're not overnighting and he thought we were originally confirmed in Y. However, I told him that we were already confirmed in J to begin with. He offered $500 in TCVs. Deal.
$500 in TCVs to arrive ealier at our destination; confirmed in "paid" J class, meaning we'd receive miles for that trip. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cool.gif
On the way back (HNL-IAH) and on the new flight (IAH-OGG), agents offered $300-$500 in TCVs + free hotel + confirmed seating on the same flight the next day. However, J class was fully booked and I could only be confirmed in Y. I had agents search for alternate routings for flights with J class available. All booked in J class. No deal.
- Pat