Originally Posted by
edi_local
I should have said what is available to flybe in Thier reservation system. Often other airlines will only make higher classes available to competitors. Working in airline ticketing for the last 9 years, both for handling agents and directly for airlines, I've lost count of the times I've had to reroute somebody and when going to check a flight on a competitor who we interline with, only full fare economy class is showing as available. It's why so much pressure was put on us to find alternatives within our own network or alliance, even if that may not necessarily have been the best for the customer.
People are also assuming that the price on the ticket is what BE would pay LH. They will have reprotection agreements that will mean they need to book in certain classes when re-accommodating disrupted passengers. It doesn't mean that they will be charged the fare on the ticket as it all depends what is in the agreement.