Originally Posted by lmckenna
Had a similar situation few weeks back... Got in off a transatlantic an hour early and i had booked a flight 4 hours later to BHD in case of delays... Asked nicely at bmi desk could i get a seat on the earlier flight which was leaving in 90 mins, and was told yes if i pay £325 (was on W fare). Obviously i declined but the girl at ticket desk was not a bit pleasant about it. Instead i sat in DC lounge for 4 hours while the earlier flight left half empty. I know its only following the rules, and you get what you pay for, but surely a little bit of flexibility (especially as im DC *G) wouldn't have killed them!
I had a similar situation at MAN once (a year ago now). BMI desk in T1 declined but after I went and changed into a suit, asked another bmi staff member who then phoned the desk, they rebooked me. That was a web only cheapo fare too!
Oh, was rebooked into G, and was retroactively claiming the miles, but they did give them to me!