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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 7:16 pm
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dshides
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Originally Posted by PRWeezer
Hey Ben, since you never posted the actual flight nobody could help you on op-up odds in advance, or track the flight loads/lists live. Given that, your goal from the first post was to be bumped up to BizElite (or, one would guess, codeshare equivalent). Did you get that w the KLM flight? Or did you get other compensation to make up for still being in coach? You left us hanging!
According to a few GA's I have talked to in the past, they do not have the leverage to assign you a BE ticket on a partner (KLM, AF) in the event of your original flight being oversold. This was told to me while they were offering $400 for the bump and confirmed BE for the next flight in the morning on a DL flight. Whether this is true or not, I am not sure but I was happy to take the voucher and confirmed BE
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