Reply To: Amex 241 flight downgraded from Club World to WTP at check-in

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Arnerd wrote:

Raskolnikov wrote:

were told that we’ve been picked for a downgrade specifically because we booked early (as you have to book at T-355 to get a Tokyo flight on Avios) and so we were on the “cheapest” tickets.

That’s incredbile. I was downgraded earlier this year and the explanation given to me was that I was chosen (together with a second passenger) because we had been the last to book tickets. I had booked the seat the day before. Surely BA has to have an official, logical, and consistent way of choosing who gets booted when these situations arise….

I’d very much suspect they do. I assume it takes into account the passenger CIV score, status level and how much they’re on the hook for compensating each passenger.