Who's right, Delta or KLM? (Day of Departure GUC Upgrade Issues)
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The fact that your ticket was again reissued into OY gives further support to the whole issue that you were upgraded then downgraded. It’s not incumbent on you as a rank and file passenger to understand why. Just tell them succinctly what happened and ask for downgrade comp aligned with 261 rules. I’ll bet you get it. And if you don't, you should at least get a much more clear explanation of what is going on and probably a lot more than 10K miles.
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Here you go sir, 75% of your GUC. Enjoy!
Compensation via EC261 doesn't seem likely to lead to much, since there was no cost associated with the upgrade.
If the ticket (segment) costs EUR 500 in Y + GUC -> DL has to refund EUR 375 + 75% of the GUC.
Ticket value is calculated according pro-rata great circle distance.
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Delta has proactively contacted me who is also monitoring this thread and explained that, as some mentioned here, the DL desk agent erred in issuing the ticket inside the 24-hour window.
I can happily live with a mistake made in the course of trying to help someone out. Yeah, it created some confusion and a little frustration, but it was a learning experience, for sure.
Im likewise sure the original agent feels like any of us would were we in her shoes and probably have ourselves when we accidentally made something worse while trying to make things better.
So, with that, Im content with my lot and dont feel compelled to press the matter, and with their explanation I am still, overall, very satisfied with Delta.
I can happily live with a mistake made in the course of trying to help someone out. Yeah, it created some confusion and a little frustration, but it was a learning experience, for sure.
Im likewise sure the original agent feels like any of us would were we in her shoes and probably have ourselves when we accidentally made something worse while trying to make things better.
So, with that, Im content with my lot and dont feel compelled to press the matter, and with their explanation I am still, overall, very satisfied with Delta.
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What is that word the DM desk used in post #15 , as "copacetic" ?
is it something like out of the derrier ?
is it something like out of the derrier ?
Satisfactory, in good order, running well.
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Delta has proactively contacted me who is also monitoring this thread and explained that, as some mentioned here, the DL desk agent erred in issuing the ticket inside the 24-hour window.
I can happily live with a mistake made in the course of trying to help someone out. Yeah, it created some confusion and a little frustration, but it was a learning experience, for sure.
Im likewise sure the original agent feels like any of us would were we in her shoes and probably have ourselves when we accidentally made something worse while trying to make things better.
So, with that, Im content with my lot and dont feel compelled to press the matter, and with their explanation I am still, overall, very satisfied with Delta.
I can happily live with a mistake made in the course of trying to help someone out. Yeah, it created some confusion and a little frustration, but it was a learning experience, for sure.
Im likewise sure the original agent feels like any of us would were we in her shoes and probably have ourselves when we accidentally made something worse while trying to make things better.
So, with that, Im content with my lot and dont feel compelled to press the matter, and with their explanation I am still, overall, very satisfied with Delta.
Nonetheless, you as a passenger are due an EC 261/2004 refund. That has nothing to do with whether the agent made an error, did it you intentionally or a seat went INOP.
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Delta has proactively contacted me who is also monitoring this thread and explained that, as some mentioned here, the DL desk agent erred in issuing the ticket inside the 24-hour window.
I can happily live with a mistake made in the course of trying to help someone out. Yeah, it created some confusion and a little frustration, but it was a learning experience, for sure.
Im likewise sure the original agent feels like any of us would were we in her shoes and probably have ourselves when we accidentally made something worse while trying to make things better.
So, with that, Im content with my lot and dont feel compelled to press the matter, and with their explanation I am still, overall, very satisfied with Delta.
I can happily live with a mistake made in the course of trying to help someone out. Yeah, it created some confusion and a little frustration, but it was a learning experience, for sure.
Im likewise sure the original agent feels like any of us would were we in her shoes and probably have ourselves when we accidentally made something worse while trying to make things better.
So, with that, Im content with my lot and dont feel compelled to press the matter, and with their explanation I am still, overall, very satisfied with Delta.
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It is good that DL acknowledged the error. No reason to berate an agent for an error and I am certain that DL keeps tabs on who makes lots of them.
Nonetheless, you as a passenger are due an EC 261/2004 refund. That has nothing to do with whether the agent made an error, did it you intentionally or a seat went INOP.
Nonetheless, you as a passenger are due an EC 261/2004 refund. That has nothing to do with whether the agent made an error, did it you intentionally or a seat went INOP.
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So a very similar thing happened to me two weeks ago only I was flying on a paid J ticket. Arrived at AMS and all the flights to the JFK were delayed. So I tried to move flights. I looked on delta.com and ExpertFlyer and saw that there were J seats available on the flight I wanted. KLM gate agent refused to put me on the flight saying it was sold out. I said, Delta is selling the seat (it was a DL operated AMS-JFK flight). Called Diamond line and they got me on the flight but just like the original poster, they could not issue boarding pass of assign a seat. Said go to the gate agent. Gate agent literally flipped out that I had been put on the flight. I was still on the phone with the Diamond agent and the KLM supervisor wanted my cell phone. I gave her the phone and she literally yelled at the agent for 3 min. I walked away still on the phone. The diamond line put me on a KLM flight and said go to my original gate and ask that agent. When I told the new agent about the yelling and refusal to change my flight despite the booking, thie new agent said she would accept the delta rebooking (I mean it is being sold onlne, accept???). She said the other agent had already put staff on the delta flight which is why she couldnt accommodate me. So the truth came out. KLM wants to hold seats for staff. Super bad customer experience and really cant believe Delta allows this. They hide behind KLM system vs Delta but the seats are being sold online so it is not that. I havent had time to write my complaint, but now I will. Delta needs to look into what the senior ground staff is up to at AMS. Losing the IRROPS ability to change flights while on paid J for staff travel is not cool.
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This sounds really ugly. KLM staff at AMS deliberately adding employees to DL operated flights in D1 at the expense of DL DMs, some of whom have paid D1 tickets.
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Welcome to the “synergies” and “benefits” we are all supposed to be reaping from the JV. As a frequent AMS traveler (here now in fact) this situation is super frustrating.
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Time for them to drop the hammer on these practices, and enforce a zero-tolerance policy.
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In some sense, I'm not surprised: DL employees look out for their own (plus friends and family), so why should KLM staff be expected to behave differently, especially if they can help their own in a way that tends to impact DL rather than KLM customers? [Maybe some of them need to be educated about the JV and even reminded how PMNW once saved their airline, even if they didn't like it at the time.]
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What's the policy for waitlisted GUCs clearing day of departure from AMS? Does KL get a list from Delta?
I mean, I get people are pissed about this but there's absolutely no confusion over the fact that DL agents shouldn't be clearing GUCs on day of departure and reissuing tickets.
I mean, I get people are pissed about this but there's absolutely no confusion over the fact that DL agents shouldn't be clearing GUCs on day of departure and reissuing tickets.
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What's the policy for waitlisted GUCs clearing day of departure from AMS? Does KL get a list from Delta?
I mean, I get people are pissed about this but there's absolutely no confusion over the fact that DL agents shouldn't be clearing GUCs on day of departure and reissuing tickets.
I mean, I get people are pissed about this but there's absolutely no confusion over the fact that DL agents shouldn't be clearing GUCs on day of departure and reissuing tickets.
KL's DOD buy up programma is in effect. First come first served.
Wish DL agents could...just somewhat dissapointing that a random pax bumps a DM who may have waiting for weeks for his/her upgrade to clear.
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in any case, confirming what are almost certainly non-revs hours before a flight seems like a pretty shady move.