Originally Posted by
brenc3
Perhaps I was extremely lucky, but back in August I got a Y-> J op-up on HKG-LHR. I'm AA PLT and had purchased a Y fare ticket (does booking in a higher fare bucket help?). When I got to the gate the GA took my Y boarding pass away and fished through a separate stack of boarding passes, and gave me a new one. I was about to complain since I had called a while ahead to get an exit seat, but when I noticed the low row number I kept my mouth shut
I'm flying tomorrow LAX-HKG booked in J. Seatcounter is showing 3 F seats, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Even if I don't get it, I'll still have cause to celebrate. I'll finally make it to EXP when I return
Don't complain when you are told "Mr. brenc3, we have a new seat for you". If you really want to say anything, just say "thank you" without even needing to look at the BP.
One time when I received a Y->J op-up, I did not even take a look until boarding. I got 86H^!! I wondered who was that "unlucky" fellow who got "bumped" from 86H by me
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