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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 11:30 pm
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Originally Posted by halls120
Yesterday I was sitting in the United Club at Narita, waiting for my flight home. CSR comes on the PA system with the following announcement - "flight xxx is currently oversold in businessfirst. If there are any passengers willing to accept a seat in economy, we will give you a $250 voucher."

Right, like anybody is going to give up a lie flat seat on 9 to 12 hour flight for 250 bucks.
They offered $200 in a similar situation last year. IIRC, it was NRT-SEA.

Originally Posted by channa
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Maybe they misread the tiers. For a flight of that length the downgrade comp is $1,500 plus fare difference.
Any official rules?

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