it was a super full flight and I think that was literally the only option available...bit bizarre but there we go


to be fair, the lounge agent did call down to see whether I could get moved to F instead (also full...though irritatingly with my Silver card colleagues who got bumped ahead of me)


one of those incidents which basically made me think chasing Gold was pointless - see my other thread about just having booked Swiss/Austrian for my next J-class EU-transatlantic instead...