Originally Posted by
ryan182
Its still a bait and switch regardless of who else does it.
The customer asks for a first class ticket, you tell them you are selling them one and accept monies for such then without telling the customer in anyway you secretly sell them economy. There is term for that.
Agreed. The basic elements of a contract are there - offer, acceptance and consideration. If IRROPS occur and UA is unable to get you in F of one of their flights, they should put you in F on another airline. You are paying for first, no matter what their own internal fare basis code is.