Originally Posted by
the810
I don't see them downgrading the tickets to economy, that would be ridiculous, make quite a few customers (especially the ones willing to pay extra!) angry and lead to a really bad PR disaster.
But look at what is/was happening for long-haul when KL was (slowly) introducing W cabin or with AF many years ago when they introduced W : if there was an equipment change for a plane without W (or with a smaller W cabin) : pax were downgraded to Y in the immense majority of cases. I know the comparison is not totally fair, but it's just to illustrate that, from the airline perspective, W is Premium
Economy and not "Business minus" or "Business light" ! Otherwise said, it's closer to Economy than Business.