Originally Posted by
rlnnpt
If you are booked in First, and then downgraded, is there any difference in compensation if they are downgraded First -> Club World vs First -> World Traveller? I can't see anywhere that refers to a variance in compensation based on how many cabins worth of downgrade your are subjected to - apologies if I've missed something! If there is no difference, I'm surprised there's not more stories of F -> WT downgrades for those travelling on Amex/241 if BA's attitude is as callous as it sounds!
There is no difference in compensation.
The other case I saw this weekend was CW to WT. Why were 2 WTP pax not moved to WT and the CW pax moved to WTP?
One answer is that a 2-category downgrade minimises compensation anyway. Another possible answer is that there were no Avios travellers in WTP and such a downgrade would have involved a cash payment by BA, whilst downgrading the CW couple by 2 classes meant the cash outflow was £0.