So I had an interesting experience today.

I was on a flex business ticket and missed my original intra-European flight at 10am. I went to the ticket counter and they said they could not put me on the waitlist for the next flight but I could pay the fare difference to take a very late flight out. So much for Flexible Business Class

Begrudgingly I forked over EUR 360 to get a confirmed seat in C booking class (up from Z apparently) on a 9pm flight. Allegedly they were not able to put me on the waitlist for any other flights in the middle of the day and not able to downgrade me to Economy.

I then went to the gate for the next flight at 1pm and they actually got me on the flight, albeit in Y (Flex Economy). I am suspecting they could have done that without me first up-faring into a higher Business booking class.

Any chance to get my 360 EURO back? IF so, how?

This was the first leg of a roundtrip
FeM