Originally Posted by
TimWPJ
Yeah, and now that I think of it, last-minute op-ups (which would possibly be aided by a later check-in I think?) are even more unlikely. Thanks for the help, I will definitely take EK customer service's advice of checking in online as early as possible.
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Taking all possible scenarios into account, I would say that this is definitely the best approach.....^
It's my firm opinion that whenever pax try to 'manipulate' a situation with a view to receiving generous compensation for denied boarding or and/or comp upgrades, it very often ends up going wrong in one way or another.
There was a guy (based Sweden IIRC) here on the forum who fought EK doggedly for months & months in an attempt to receive what he believed was correctly owed in terms of substantial involuntary downgrading compensation under the (supposedly crystal clear !!) EU legislation, with EK having offered a significantly lower figure than he demanded. EK stood their ground, and when it came to the crunch of taking it to court, I'm reasonably sure (?) the pax either backed off or lost his claim, because after a long series of almost daily updates we never got to hear the end result, as we had been promised.