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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by suvayanr
she told me that there was no seat left in J and that the other GA had made a mistake and changing class of service was illegal.
Originally Posted by WScottsdaleInsider
When it comes to compensation, re-booking in First Class is never suppose to be used as compensation for denied boarding, meaning when you bump you should be happy with the amount of Delta Dollars that was offered.

Many times, they might rebook you in F, but that is not policy and if not worth a complaint to Delta, as if they investigate they might remove the class bonuses.
I disagree. I was flying with my UIG (Used Italian Girlfriend) JFK-TLV a few years ago and we had Economy seats. She, incidentally, is not a SkyMiles member and I was only an FO at the time.

The flight was heavily overbooked and they were calling for volunteers to fly the following night. First they offered $300 in Delta dollars and then $400. I offered to pass on the Delta dollars if they would book my girlfriend and myself in Biz Elite for that flight. I was told that they could not do that yet but to hold on as they would probably raise the offer to include it.

Eventually, they were offering $600 but I still held out and, finally, they got to $600 and Biz Elite and I jumped at it (as did several other people).
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