Vietnam Airlines Premium Economy codeshare - beware!

[MEL_Traveller]

Thanks for the response. The OLCI working with the VN PNR is an interesting theory/observation, if that works and I get a bit more time to deal with it, that would help.

Secondly, haven't even thought of EU261 yet, good call out! But given my contract is with VN, wouldn't they be on the hook for any compensation? Or is it the operating carrier?

It’s the operating carrier.

Hopefully this is just a case of different IT systems needing to sync.

The other thing… on the day of travel, is there a VN metal flight to Vietnam? If AF rejects the PEY ticket can you go to a VN ticket desk at the airport, or even get yourself put on a VN aircraft, in PEY (even if its via another city in Vietnam)

 

[jsoprano]

It’s the operating carrier.

Hopefully this is just a case of different IT systems needing to sync.

The other thing… on the day of travel, is there a VN metal flight to Vietnam? If AF rejects the PEY ticket can you go to a VN ticket desk at the airport, or even get yourself put on a VN aircraft, in PEY (even if its via another city in Vietnam)

Yes there are, two even! CDG-HAN leaves at the same time as the AF flight I am booked on, and CDG-SGN leaves about 2.5 hours earlier. I already thought about that as a fallback, hence why OLCI would be important, to have the time to, worst-case, escalate with VN and get re-booked on their own metal. Not ideal but would take that over AF Y any day.

And yeah, maybe I am just seeing shadows and worry about nothing. That would be the best case. And your earlier observation that there are not really any reports of actual downgrades is a good one. One would think if that would then happen weekly then they would have fixed it since. But who knows.