Originally Posted by
bloodbeard
I know that we are only green members but it seems logical that people already stuck for 4 days would get priority.
Actually no. The industry practice is status matters.
Unfortunately, you are at the almost lowest portion of the food chain. So pretty much everyone who has a legit status trumps you.
Originally Posted by
bloodbeard
Does anyone know if we have a chance of recovering the extra costs incurred from the extra 3 nights?
You are SOL unless you have travel insurance.
Originally Posted by
bloodbeard
Why would CP cancel and make everyone rebook?
Only CX can answer why the cancellation.
But the normal airline practice is not to rebook on OAL during IRROPS when the airline has no control unless you are a high valued customer. Again - you are definitely not high valued enough.
Originally Posted by
KACommuter
I think a lot of these unhappy people are inexperienced e.g. package tourists, travellers on a budget who really don't want to incur the costs of an earlier or later departure, plus a dose of "must travel" for that day.
Using the 80/20 rule, 80% of the total pax would be inexperienced.
While I may not argue that CX may treat MPC/OW elites properly, all eyes are focused on the 80% of the pax that have been listening for 2-hour of endless music.