Sounds like I should have held out. The agent was not very forthcoming about what my options would be, and the next flight was only an hour later, so I was pretty happy with the upgrade, especially since it was a cheap package ticket. Not sure if they would have IDB'd me or just tricked another passenger into voluntary transferring to the next flight like they tried to get me to do in the beginning.
Originally Posted by
tedhl
somewhat OT, but just wanna add another data point for bump (voluntary) ex-North America, but in this case for Oasis ex-YVR. my parents were scheduled to travel J with them today (on senior special fares, HKD 4500 one-way only) - were asked at check-in whether they would like to give up their J seats, with two options:
(option 1) take Y seat today + a free one-way Y ticket for use in the future (I assume it's YVR-HKG) + 75% refund (i.e. ~HKD 3375)
(option 2) take J seat tomorrow + a free one-way Y ticket for use in the future + CAD 750 credit for use towards another J ticket in the future (I forgot to ask whether it's for one or two, I assume it's one, so two of them = CAD 750 x 2) + one night hotel + 3 meals paid
sounds like they're actually quite generous in terms of bump compensation compared to the USD 400 the OP received...esp given the one-way J special fare I paid was only HKD 4500 per person...