Originally Posted by
geoffco
I was offered a Y aisle with empty adjacent middle seat + $300 voucher and about 3 amenity packets, which I gladly accepted. They offered later flights as well if I had wanted it.
Wow.. that sounds cool. For a domestic flight, I would have taken this in an instant.
Actually, overbooking in FC or WBC happens more often than you might think.
1) Due to aircraft change and about 5 less first class seats, I got shafted away from my upgraded first class seat. They said they based it on time of check-in. I was Platinum. No compensation.
2) I witnessed four passengers returning to Japan on a 330-200 and was denied WBC seating. They were a WBC fare paying customer but somehow got the short end of the stick. Some compensation was provided but I don't know what that was.... Hopefully it's not a ECV, as they would probably try to book away from NW for the future anyways.....
Jiburi