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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 7:52 pm
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Originally Posted by dshides
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
Yes I've since learned the same. You need to have a similar class ticket on partner airline to get transferred.
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