This is why I stay off Reddit. Stuff happens all the time. I myself have been downgraded day of travel more than once.
This. I also participate in the Reddit forum at times and it’s amazing how often misinformation or partial stories just take a life over there.
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writetorich
Is this really official policy/or unofficial commonplace occurrence ?
There is an offer in the app to switch to comfort plus ( 2 window seats obviously not together ) for $110 a ticket
The official policy is this doesn’t happen. While I believe the story happened (sort of), I don’t believe it’s widespread. If I had to guess, the gate agent did a seat count and saw an empty one. The OP in that thread should have stood their ground and forced a double IDB.
Re comfort plus. You’re trading width for legroom. I weigh more than you and Im 5’11” and would take the legroom any day all day. But it’s a personal decision and only you can decide what you prefer more.
You won’t be able to convert a cancelled seat into a comfort plus upgrade offer for both passengers. Either you just cancel the seat and take a credit for future travel and separately pay for the upgrade, or you can cancel the seat and then use the credit towards a completely new ticket that includes economy plus. Lots of details in glossing over.