Originally Posted by
LapuLapu
I thought the guaranteed seat does not have to equate to a full fare basis. I've used it in the past as Gold and was given the lowest fare class that was sold for that flight, at least to a M fare bucket.
I'm guessing if the lower fare class is available (meaning the flight is still not full). But thinking about it...isn't the "guaranteed" seat function slightly pointless if the flight is open anyway (with lower fare classes)? You could just book without needing to pull rank. Hence I'm assuming the truly "guaranteed" nature of the Y and J perk is that they come in the full-fare category. I don't know this for sure, just trying to tie common sense together. I've used the perk about a half dozen times, each time paying full fare Y for PEK runs and doing it to LAX and JFK in full-fare J. In each case the flights were oversold.