Originally Posted by Dakota
No such luck for the pragmatists here. he was booked in Y, had been in Y on his connecting flight and tipped-up in J on my (completely full) flight. I think he just lucked-out getting the last seat as a last minute passenger. Downside: no special meal. Don't know if they just didn't want to serve him Y food in J, but that's how it happened.
Which points to the fact that on oversold flights whoever gets there when the flight is full is likely to get a J seat if available, and that the check-in agent will seldom go through the list of pax to identify a gold/silver one to bump up and release the seat for the latecomer.
Looks like we're wasting our precious time to achieve an unworthy status. Instead sing with me: OOOMMMM!!!