Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
You will be entitled to a reduction in fare to business class if you travel in business class the whole way or should be able to cancel without penalty I would expect
As far as fares go, that is ungenerous but correct in that with a 1st class fare, if the flight is scheduled to operate with no 1st class, you get booked into the highest available cabin at the same price
I understand this if it is scheduled as a 2-class airplane when I booked my original flights. But, the schedule on this flight is always a 3-class with suites. They had a substitution on the particular day I flew and it appears EK often substitutes this flight, so they should really re-think marketing it and selling it as a 3-class flight with suites if they are changing it so often.
EK has 3 flights a day from CMB->DXB. Only 1 of them is 3-class and I specifically chose that flight for having F suites. Due to this I incurred the cost of a transit hotel stay in CMB which I otherwise wouldn't have had to.
At minimum they could have blocked the seat next to me so that I don't have to climb over people to get to the bathroom.
To offer absolutely zero compensation, especially when I have received fewer tier and skywards miles, is ridiculous.