Originally Posted by
JacksonFlyer
Yikes! Glad you got some compensation for that. Though I have to question how a non-rev relative of an employee of another airline gets into first class on a non-rev ticket. Was it an empty flight? I think a fair number of elites would be less than happy to be bumped for that.
Unless there was an issue w/ upgrades, or some direct action taken by a GA to clear them there, they'd be eligible for an upgrade after all elites and non-rev employees traveling had cleared into F. Since they're flying standby, theoretically it would be harder to take advantage of an upgrade processor failure, but I'm sure not entirely impossible if they'd already received a seat assignment.