Crime author Sir Ian Rankin is bumped DOWN from enterprise class to economic system on ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ journey after British Airways ‘oversold’ flight

Crime author, Sir Ian Rankin was bumped down from enterprise class to economic system on a British Airways flight.

The Scottish novelist was flying to Greece on a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ journey to see the Greek tragedy play, Oedipus Rex.

He and his spouse had travelled over 330 miles from Edinburgh to take the flight from London Heathrow on Thursday.

However when the 63-year-old arrived on the airport he was informed the flight was oversold and he can be bumped down.

Enterprise flights are on common double the worth of an economic system ticket.

Sir Ian Rankin vented on Twitter that he had been downgraded from enterprise class to economic system after his flight was overbooked

Sir Ian was flying out to Greece on a ‘as soon as in a lifetime journey’ to see the tragedy play Oedipus Rex

British Airways gate workers informed Mr Rankin that passengers are often given their unique seats on the gate

The author mentioned on Instagram: ‘On my method to a once-in-a-lifetime journey to Greece to see Oedipus Rex.

‘Handled ourselves to British Airways enterprise class.

‘Tickets purchased and paid for in February.

‘Now informed enterprise class is full and we’re being bumped to economic system, traveller beware.’

He tweeted an identical message, including: ‘Story of my life.’

He added: ‘In accordance with the gate workers at Heathrow, British Airways oversell seats, 98% of bumped passengers discover that their unique seats are reinstated on the gate.

‘Mates, my spouse and I are the two%*’

Broadcaster, Terry Christian slammed the system tweeting: ‘Unhealthy present certainly.

‘Airways aren’t even significantly apologetic about these items both in my expertise.’

BA replied on Twitter providing to look into the state of affairs for him if he supplied his flight particulars by way of DM.

Sir Ian replied: ‘Automated apology innit?

‘Plus varieties (on-line) to fill in after your vacation.’

Mr Rankin mentioned he had booked his tickets for Thursday again in February

The creator of Inspector Rebus posted about his expertise on Twitter

Fan Mori Christian mentioned: ‘I hope you bought a ton of free stuff as compensation.’

Sir Ian replied: ‘Er*fairly the reverse. Needed to pay for meal and drinks in Financial system.’

One other fan referred to as Kevin requested: ‘Did you verify in on-line 24 hours earlier than or simply rock up on the airport?’

The Scottish writer replied that he had however was informed he must verify in on the airport after getting an error message.

He wrote: ‘Solely at airport did we discover on the market have been no seats for us.’

British Airways’s short-haul enterprise product, Membership Europe often takes up the primary 10-14 rows of the aircraft, every with the center seat blocked off.

Passengers within the premium cabin can often anticipate a complementary meal and newspapers, whereas these flying in economic system should pay for any refreshments past a free bottle of water and snack.

Mr Rankin, who’s famed for his crime collection about Inspector Rebus, was knighted earlier this 12 months.

Rebus has now featured in 26 books since he first appeared in 1987.

Sir Ian was knighted by the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace in June.

In an announcement British Airways mentioned: ‘We do our greatest to keep away from disrupting buyer journeys by utilizing historic information to match the variety of obtainable seats to the variety of prospects we anticipate to journey, however on uncommon events, we get this improper.

‘We’re sorry for our buyer’s expertise.’