Asiana Club - Does OZ oversell C ?

Hi all,

I wonder : Does OZ oversell their C class sometimes ?

Some airlines do, some dont. Especially when there are flights with C as the highest c-o-s even on intl flights.

Just curious...

Cheers,
S

I am not 100% sure whether they do this routinely but a couple of years ago OZ bumped me from an ICN-SYD flight because it was already full and I had to fly KE (plus got a nice compensation).

Interesting... I just remember one situation with CX where they seemed to be pretty screwed. Offering thousands of $$$ per sign on the desk, rebooking into F on the next flight and some other stuff. Impressive ! Unfortunately I wasn't on that flight :( :p

I've read several times of Asiana overbooking and bumping in coach. I haven't read of Korean Air doing the same. I've flown both, but haven't seen bumping on either.

I've been op-upped from Y to C many times but never from C to F. I've probably flown OZ in C about 40 times and never saw any indication that C was oversold, though certainly it could have been but I didn't know it.

I've been op-upped from Y to C many times but never from C to F. I've probably flown OZ in C about 40 times and never saw any indication that C was oversold, though certainly it could have been but I didn't know it.

You haven't experienced this because it was you who got on the plane and it was me who got bumped!

You haven't experienced this because it was you who got on the plane and it was me who got bumped!

Ah yes, the advantages of getting to the airport early and outranking you low level Diamond members. :)

I've read several times of Asiana overbooking and bumping in coach. I haven't read of Korean Air doing the same. I've flown both, but haven't seen bumping on either.

Well... I would certainly not agree to fly in coach but getting a compensation and the next flight in F :)

As a student with never a thing to hurry for, I have never been bumped in god-knows-how-many-miles of travel between ICN and LHR.

Knowing my luck, as soon as I start working and start having to keep to a schedule, I will be bumped off flights, left right and centre :p

Back to the question: it's not unfeasible that OZ sometimes overbooks C, but (DUF's experience notwithstanding) it would surprise me if they frequently overbook C to a degree that upgrades into F won't accommodate the excess.

During the summer season with very lax F or C-class demand, airlines sometimes just treat the whole aircraft as one-class in the sense that they don't care which cabin is overbooked by how much, so long as there is enough seats for everyone to get a seat somewhere in the cabin. A lot of fun flying during this season as some sort of a status holder, since you're almost guaranteed an upgrade!

Back to the question: it's not unfeasible that OZ sometimes overbooks C, but (DUF's experience notwithstanding) it would surprise me if they frequently overbook C to a degree that upgrades into F won't accommodate the excess.

I agree. I have flown them very often and it only ever happened once. And at the moment overbooked C cabins are not really the problem on most routes anway.

Well I have a return LHR-ICN booked next week, and in both directions, Expertflyer is showing Y fully open down to the lower booking classes, with all C classes wait list only. Maybe Asiana is doing better in the recession than their competitors?