Originally Posted by
carlosdca
I don't understand the fuzz.
There was a schedule change and the OP lost the assigned seats.
So this is an issue of unassigned seats nothing else?
The OP still has a ticket and is booked in business.
Most of the times, this resolves itself as there will be seats available at check-in.
Or OP has to go to the gate and GA will call volunteers to give up their business seats.
If no volunteers show up OP will be re-booked (just like a revenue pax, aaward inventory is irrelevant in this case?) and compensated according to IDB policies.
Do pax on overbooked flights get automatically and involuntarily bumped to economy at check-in? I had never heard of this.
This is absolutely spot on. It is storm in a cup of tea. The OP is confirmed in J class and will most likely travel in J class as originally booked.
In the unlikely event that the OP is presented with a BP in Y for PHL-EDI ask to be rerouted - it has already been established that there are plenty of seats PHL-MAN.