Originally Posted by
AClover
I am on a YVR-YYZ flight soon with seatcounter showing all fares sold out except for full J. Is there any strategy I can employ to be more likely to get an op-up (assuming one would be availiable).
I am mostly wondering whether OCLI will minimize my chances as opposed to checkin at the airport and "volunterring" myself. The counter to that is I would be nervouse not doing OCLI for an oversold flight because I do not want to get bumped (but I am thinking that it's not too likely as the fare is T+ and I have a selected seat and status.)
Any thoughts?
AClover
In my experience with oversold Y cabins the agents will first process any upgrade cert's, if after processing all certs they are still in an oversold Y situation and J seats are available they generally will go to the people with the highest status so an SE trumps the E etc.
I'm not sure what they do if there are all SE's. Perhaps they look at fare class to make the determination.
Yesterday on a flight I took they had processed all the certs and filled the J cabin but were still in an oversold situation so the agents asked for volunteers to take another flight and receive a credit of $200.In my opinion this is a bad offer considering other airlines generally provide a free future ticket to anywhere in NA.
in regards to your question about OLCI - It really has nothing to do with it and there is no such thing as volunteering for an upgrade without a cert. However there is the possibility to volunteer to be bumped.