I just did that. And having paid an extra $1000 per seat for 3 seats, the airline (Qatar) gave them to someone else. Neat. Now what do I do? Typed from a 17 h

I just did that. And having paid an extra $1000 per seat for 3 seats, the airline (Qatar) gave them to someone else. Neat. Now what do I do? Typed from a 17 hour flight to New Zealand.