Originally Posted by
Random_Flyer
No compensation is due? I'd beg to differ on that one, and I think you would as well if you'd booked a F ticket and found yourself in C (or a C ticket and ended up in Y).
The OP said the flyer had a confirmed First Class award (not an upgrade). Why wouldn't a downgrade kit be offered here?
By moving someone from a higher class of service to a lower class UA is obligated to compensate them, especially on an intl flight.
Agree to a certain extent. First of all, it is a domestic flight, SFO-IAD. I do think that he deserves maybe a CR1 or something, since he did get downgraded. As others have said, I would book a later flight if it is three class.