Originally Posted by ContinentalFan
Let's say that CO was oversold in Y and forced to upgrade people into BF. Would any of the FF's here accept such an upgrade if it meant getting no miles or EQM's for the flight? If the carrier has to upgrade people from coach, I too often wonder why CO doesn't give priority to its OP members.
When CO bumps due to an oversell, the pax bumped into a higher class of service still get miles and EQM's for the ORIGINAL class of service booked. To do otherwise would be nonsensical. The passenger has paid for a ticket and flown the flight. When CO bumps a passenger into BF, it's generally based on status (but not always...there don't seem to be rules that are as hard and fast for an op-up as there are for EUA's). To deny a passenger mileage/EQM's he or she should rightly earn for purchasing a ticket and taking a flight simply because CO needed to free up some Y-cabin space to avoid paying IDB costs would be ridiculous.