Originally Posted by
kwalder
I obeyed, then when my "protected " flight was ready to leave was told that they had no more seats for me. Seems that they rebooked many with connections but did not get to me, and worked the rebookings by connection, not status.
So what does "protected" mean if I don't get the seat on the flight that allows me to make my connection?
It means, unless a bunch of 1Ks paid full fare 6 hours before the oversold flight (thereby bumping someones who had a reservation but no seat assignment) you were lied to or someone screwed up. Complain.
What did the status screen show as far as your standby priority? If it showed you as a standby, then odds are high you were lied to or someone deliberately undid your reservation.
Originally Posted by
Clarkcc1
If you make the original flight, the booking on the later one disappears. No you can't get credit for it haha
OTOH, if you fly on the rebooked protected routing, you will almost always get full Y credit for it. Rerouted once from IAD to LAX to SYD versus the original route of IAD-SFO-SYD, and got 1.5X the EQM/EQS for taking the LAX routing (necessary because of flow control in SFO). Re-routes are cool.