Downgrade from Paid F to C+ Four Months Out
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Downgrade from Paid F to C+ Four Months Out
Flying YYZ-DTW-PEK in April, got a schedule change notification email last night that showed no schedule change but rather a downgrade from F to C+ on YYZ-DTW (Endeavor operated).
I’m still assigned 1A which is now marked as C+. Seems to be an equipment change but it’s still a CRJ, which I thought all had F? Regardless, seems to be the new norm for this flight at least in April.
Anyway, my question is if they will treat this as a schedule change and allow me to make changes as if it were a 60 min change? Would love to try and leave the day prior or switch to CI on the outbound.
I’m still assigned 1A which is now marked as C+. Seems to be an equipment change but it’s still a CRJ, which I thought all had F? Regardless, seems to be the new norm for this flight at least in April.
Anyway, my question is if they will treat this as a schedule change and allow me to make changes as if it were a 60 min change? Would love to try and leave the day prior or switch to CI on the outbound.
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Flying YYZ-DTW-PEK in April, got a schedule change notification email last night that showed no schedule change but rather a downgrade from F to C+ on YYZ-DTW (Endeavor operated).
Im still assigned 1A which is now marked as C+. Seems to be an equipment change but its still a CRJ, which I thought all had F? Regardless, seems to be the new norm for this flight at least in April.
Anyway, my question is if they will treat this as a schedule change and allow me to make changes as if it were a 60 mins change? Would love to try and leave the day prior or switch to CI on the outbound.
Im still assigned 1A which is now marked as C+. Seems to be an equipment change but its still a CRJ, which I thought all had F? Regardless, seems to be the new norm for this flight at least in April.
Anyway, my question is if they will treat this as a schedule change and allow me to make changes as if it were a 60 mins change? Would love to try and leave the day prior or switch to CI on the outbound.
could be that you were on another CRJ, the 700 and 900 have first class.
Even though It Is a 60 minute change they most likely will work with you especially considering the downgrade
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I was downgraded on a paid international J ticket from F to Y when IAD-JFK switched to a CRJ200 at some point.
Ticket was issued by KL. DL took it over and reissued on any WAS-NYC flight I wanted that had an F cabin.
While I doubt you will be reaccommodated on another carrier for a downgrade for such a short flight, DL will literally accept anything else YOU propose on their metal - move back or forward by a day, go YYZ-NYC-DTW or YYZ-ATL-DTW etc to keep F all the way thru.
They also may offer you a $200 downgrade voucher if you stay on the downgraded flight, if you prefer that.
Ticket was issued by KL. DL took it over and reissued on any WAS-NYC flight I wanted that had an F cabin.
While I doubt you will be reaccommodated on another carrier for a downgrade for such a short flight, DL will literally accept anything else YOU propose on their metal - move back or forward by a day, go YYZ-NYC-DTW or YYZ-ATL-DTW etc to keep F all the way thru.
They also may offer you a $200 downgrade voucher if you stay on the downgraded flight, if you prefer that.
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CRJ-200's are 4 across, not 3. Endeavor reserves seats 1C and 1D for special needs pax, so only 1A and 1B are available for booking. Skywest seems to reserve the entire row on many routes, so often you can't actually book C+ on them.
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FWIW, I ended up getting rebooked a day earlier, which works well for me, onto a CRJ-9 with a 60 min connection in DTW. The very polite but green sounding agent didn't seem to understand why I wanted to change and quoted me the change fee so I was about to kindly HUCA but she proactively got her supervisor who reissued the ticket no problem. Fare bucket went from F to G, but c'est la vie.
Earlier this year I had a domestic segment on a paid TATL J ticket change by about 61 mins and got the whole trip rebooked onto AF metal no questions asked.
I was downgraded on a paid international J ticket from F to Y when IAD-JFK switched to a CRJ200 at some point.
Ticket was issued by KL. DL took it over and reissued on any WAS-NYC flight I wanted that had an F cabin.
While I doubt you will be reaccommodated on another carrier for a downgrade for such a short flight, DL will literally accept anything else YOU propose on their metal - move back or forward by a day, go YYZ-NYC-DTW or YYZ-ATL-DTW etc to keep F all the way thru.
They also may offer you a $200 downgrade voucher if you stay on the downgraded flight, if you prefer that.
Ticket was issued by KL. DL took it over and reissued on any WAS-NYC flight I wanted that had an F cabin.
While I doubt you will be reaccommodated on another carrier for a downgrade for such a short flight, DL will literally accept anything else YOU propose on their metal - move back or forward by a day, go YYZ-NYC-DTW or YYZ-ATL-DTW etc to keep F all the way thru.
They also may offer you a $200 downgrade voucher if you stay on the downgraded flight, if you prefer that.
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FWIW, I ended up getting rebooked a day earlier, which works well for me, onto a CRJ-9 with a 60 min connection in DTW. The very polite but green sounding agent didn't seem to understand why I wanted to change and quoted me the change fee so I was about to kindly HUCA but she proactively got her supervisor who reissued the ticket no problem. Fare bucket went from F to G, but c'est la vie.
Earlier this year I had a domestic segment on a paid TATL J ticket change by about 61 mins and got the whole trip rebooked onto AF metal no questions asked.
Earlier this year I had a domestic segment on a paid TATL J ticket change by about 61 mins and got the whole trip rebooked onto AF metal no questions asked.
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I've had four CRJ200 flights in the past month. On each one I was 1B or 1C and had no seatmate. The other passenger didn't either. Delta doesn't seem to be upgrading at the gate for these seats, either.