Originally Posted by
jhayes_1780
There is a system, and fastair has cited it (I can't find the thread). But IIRC status is not a factor.
I was told by two different GAs that check-in time was the primary factor. Take that with the grains of salt necessitated--that's just what I was told.
One of them said that a F pax might get bumped because he/she checked in after a Y pax, and then a Y pax on the upgrade waitlist would get moved up to F. That would be a big
if true, though I suspect the GA was passing on incomplete/incorrect info (as am I in repeating her words).
Originally Posted by
hobo13
Sounds to me like he was IDB'ed not VDB'ed, thus the compensation should be much more than $400, no?
Not for weight & balance, and not on a turboprop, unless it was a Q400 (the cutoff is 65 seats IIRC).