Originally Posted by
Master of FiFi
Not true. 5-C-1-e.
5-C-1-e In the event of an oversold situation (including an equipment substitution that results in fewer available premium seats), a
deadheading Pilot booked in First or Business Class will not be downgraded until after all passengers who received a free upgrade (that is, passengers who used neither dollars nor miles for the upgrade) are downgraded and after all pass riders who received an upgrade are downgraded. Then, downgrades will be made in inverse positive space priority (and in inverse boarding date order among Pilots having the same priority).
Revenue passengers (whether using dollars or miles) will not be downgraded before the Pilot. In no case shall a Pilot be downgraded to accommodate a passenger who would receive a free
Wrong. The pilot is downgraded before a pax using miles or dollars. Only ones who are downgraded before a pilot are free upgrades and non revs.