Originally Posted by
MBS MillionMiler
Gotta say...OP is much more flippant and easy going than I'd be in this situation.
I'm not sure that's the word I'd use..
Originally Posted by
MBS MillionMiler
The difference, to me at least, between PP and even Economy Plus is HUGE. Favorable schedule or not, I'd be on the horn moving my flights or making sure that upgrade to Polaris is pushed through manually.
There is zero chance that UA would push through a Polaris upgrade due to a P+ to E+ downgrade.
Originally Posted by
MBS MillionMiler
PP is sold as a separate cabin, priced as a separate cabin and should be treated no different than if someone had before purchased a GF seat and ended up on a 2-class plane, or if downgraded from a business class to economy seat (lie-flats, domestic config or whatever--to me the downgrade is in the same scope).
It is treated exactly the same way.
Originally Posted by
MBS MillionMiler
We're talking a seat with significantly more overall personal space, catered differently, amenity kits, free alcoholic beverages--pretty much all of the amenities of business class that the OP will not be receiving. I'd be making a much bigger (albeit polite and firm) stink about it.
I'm not sure there's much, if any, of a service difference between P+ and E+ on the transcon route that OP booked. The biggest problem with P+ on the transcontinental flights is that it's only offered on a small subset of flights, and there aren't any partner airlines that offer service on the route to change to.
You could try asking to be pushed to AA or DL if they have a flight at about the right time, but I wouldn't hold my breath.