Bumped from MCE...Why?
Aug 6, 2024 | 10:28 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 281
Bumped from MCE...Why?
Flying tomorrow, PHL-SAN, AA690. Had seat 9D since booking. After check-in, got bumped to 12C (non MCE). What are some possible reasons for this? Someone with more status and/or running LP's? I'm currently EXP with about 112k current LP's. Something else?
And, apologies if there's already a thread on this.
And, apologies if there's already a thread on this.
Aug 6, 2024 | 10:37 am
#2
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: KHOU/KIAH
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You won't be bumped for someone with more status or LPs.
A few possibilitiies are
A few possibilitiies are
- Equipment swap - Aircraft type change. Sometimes, the system glitches and reassigns seats even if the swap is to the same type. Someone may have been looking and snapped up 9D
- Broken seat - Unlikely this early though
- FAM - Air Marshall. In which case, you're stuck.
Aug 6, 2024 | 11:42 am
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 281
You won't be bumped for someone with more status or LPs.
A few possibilitiies are
A few possibilitiies are
- Equipment swap - Aircraft type change. Sometimes, the system glitches and reassigns seats even if the swap is to the same type. Someone may have been looking and snapped up 9D
- Broken seat - Unlikely this early though
- FAM - Air Marshall. In which case, you're stuck.
Aug 7, 2024 | 9:12 am
#6
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Texas
Programs: Hyatt Glob (Barely); Marriott Plat Life; AA Up and Down Now Plat; Hilton, UA, BA, HA Peasant
Posts: 3,080
Flight Number and Date?
Sounds a bit like an unathorized favor to a friend (or accommodating a manager) if you were deported to a different class of seat (and did you get a fare adjustment)?
Last edited by jayer; Aug 7, 2024 at 9:35 am