First post on the forum.

I flew back to the States last night from Aruba, AUA-EWR. Currently I am on gold elite. The particular ticket I paid was fare class B. The original roundtrip ticket I paid $816.7 including all taxes and fees. Then there were two changes I ended up paying a total of $1,156.70.

Two days prior to my return I got an email message upgrading me to first class. I flew Newark Aruba very often it was nothing new to me. At the airport I was bumped off, however. This is a first to me. The reason the counter agent told me was they had to make a first class seat available to the co-pilot. Since the upgrade is complimentary I kept mum.

I was the last one to check in. It is the election year in Aruba. On my way to the airport there was a campaign prosession several miles long delaying traffic. The check-in counter was already closed after I returned the rental car to get to the counter. Although I was more than one and a half hour before the scheduled departure time.

Do I have a case?