Originally Posted by
rjw242
This. Nothing in the OP suggests the two hadn't paid for their original F seats, and as discussed in the PALL list thread, paid F passengers reaccommodated in economy are basically at the top of the totem pole in these situations:
Not entirely sure about the F status, but I was sitting across from the two as they spoke with the AAngel(same guy who checked my upgrade earlier and said it looked good) and they thanked him for the flight changes and requested that he "do your magic on the upgrade"... nothing ominous here, just fairly sure since they were on the upgrade list that they were EXP equivalent. Again, I'm not playing (and did not) the DYKWIA card. I am sitting comfortably at home trying to find out how this played out so I can prepare myself going forward. I just relocated to DFW and this will be my life.