diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts
index fb1261daf..3ef232148 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts
@@ -657,8 +657,70 @@ async function seedNotificationTemplates() {
     { id: uuidv4(), code: 'payment.succeeded', channel: 'SMS', subject: 'Payment Received', bodyTemplate: 'Payment of {{amount}} {{currency}} received for booking {{bookingRef}}.' },
     { id: uuidv4(), code: 'payment.failed', channel: 'SMS', subject: 'Payment Failed', bodyTemplate: 'Payment for booking {{bookingRef}} could not be completed. Please try again.' },
     { id: uuidv4(), code: 'booking.cancelled', channel: 'EMAIL', subject: 'Booking Cancelled', bodyTemplate: 'Your booking {{bookingRef}} has been cancelled. Refund: {{refundAmount}} {{currency}}.' },
-    { id: uuidv4(), code: 'booking.rescheduled', channel: 'EMAIL', subject: 'Booking Rescheduled', bodyTemplate: 'Your {{leg}} journey on booking {{bookingRef}} has been rescheduled. New tickets have been issued. Change fee: {{feeAmount}} {{currency}}.' },
-    { id: uuidv4(), code: 'booking.upgraded', channel: 'EMAIL', subject: 'Fare Class Upgraded', bodyTemplate: 'Booking {{bookingRef}}: {{passengerSummary}} upgraded on your {{leg}} journey. New tickets have been issued. Paid: {{amountPaid}} {{currency}}.' },
+    // Rich bodies mirroring booking.created: these are delivered by SMS *and* email, so the
+    // wording has to stand alone in a text message. Channel is 'SMS,EMAIL' — the applied/expired
+    // handlers deliver directly, but the field keeps the row honest about where it goes.
+    { id: uuidv4(), code: 'booking.rescheduled', channel: 'SMS,EMAIL', subject: 'Booking Rescheduled', bodyTemplate: `Dear {{passengerName}},
+
+Your {{leg}} journey on booking ({{bookingRef}}) has been rescheduled.
+
+Route: {{origin}} → {{destination}}
+{{trainSeatLines}}
+{{previousLine}}Travel Date: {{travelDate}}
+Departure: {{departureTime}}
+Arrival: {{arrivalTime}}
+
+Paid: {{amountPaid}} {{currency}} (change fee: {{feeAmount}} {{currency}})
+New tickets have been issued.
+
+View your booking: {{detailLink}}
+
+Thank you for choosing EDR.` },
+    { id: uuidv4(), code: 'booking.upgraded', channel: 'SMS,EMAIL', subject: 'Fare Class Upgraded', bodyTemplate: `Dear {{passengerName}},
+
+Your booking ({{bookingRef}}) has been upgraded on the {{leg}} journey.
+
+Route: {{origin}} → {{destination}}
+{{changeLines}}
+Travel Date: {{travelDate}}
+Departure: {{departureTime}}
+
+Paid: {{amountPaid}} {{currency}}
+New tickets have been issued.
+
+View your booking: {{detailLink}}
+
+Thank you for choosing EDR.` },
+    { id: uuidv4(), code: 'booking.reschedule.expired', channel: 'SMS,EMAIL', subject: 'Reschedule Request Expired', bodyTemplate: `Dear {{passengerName}},
+
+Your reschedule request for booking ({{bookingRef}}) expired before it was paid, so it has not been applied.
+
+The seat that was being held for it has been released. Your original booking, seats and travel date are unchanged:
+
+Route: {{origin}} → {{destination}}
+{{trainSeatLines}}
+Travel Date: {{travelDate}}
+Departure: {{departureTime}}
+
+You can start a new reschedule any time before check-in closes:
+{{detailLink}}
+
+Thank you for choosing EDR.` },
+    { id: uuidv4(), code: 'booking.upgrade.expired', channel: 'SMS,EMAIL', subject: 'Upgrade Request Expired', bodyTemplate: `Dear {{passengerName}},
+
+Your upgrade request for booking ({{bookingRef}}) expired before it was paid, so it has not been applied.
+
+The seat that was being held for it has been released. Your original booking and seats are unchanged:
+
+Route: {{origin}} → {{destination}}
+{{trainSeatLines}}
+Travel Date: {{travelDate}}
+Departure: {{departureTime}}
+
+You can start a new upgrade any time before check-in closes:
+{{detailLink}}
+
+Thank you for choosing EDR.` },
     // Templates below are not wired to handlers yet (Phase 2 — full event coverage).
     { id: uuidv4(), code: 'trip.departure', channel: 'PUSH', subject: 'Trip Departing Soon', bodyTemplate: 'Your trip {{route}} departs in {{minutes}} minutes' },
     { id: uuidv4(), code: 'trip.delay', channel: 'EMAIL', subject: 'Trip Delayed', bodyTemplate: 'Your trip {{route}} is delayed by {{delayMinutes}} minutes' },
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications-booking-change.spec.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications-booking-change.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..204afa6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications-booking-change.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { NotificationsService } from './notifications.service';
+
+/**
+ * Regression cover for the bug these handlers were written to fix: reschedule/upgrade
+ * notifications resolved an address only through `iam.users`, where `Passenger.iamUserId` is set
+ * on under 2% of rows, so EMAIL and SMS were silently skipped on virtually every real booking.
+ * The handlers must fall back to the contact details the booking itself carries.
+ */
+describe('booking-change notifications', () => {
+  const BOOKING = {
+    id: 'bk-1',
+    bookingRef: 'NFMRR0',
+    passengerId: 'pax-1',
+    bookingType: 'ONE_WAY',
+    contactPhone: '+251923594242',
+    contactEmail: 'work.abubeker@gmail.com',
+    originStationId: 'st-a',
+    destinationStationId: 'st-b',
+    schedule: {
+      departureAt: new Date('2026-09-22T09:00:00Z'),
+      arrivalAt: new Date('2026-09-22T18:00:00Z'),
+      originStation: { id: 'st-a', name: 'Sebeta' },
+      destinationStation: { id: 'st-b', name: 'Dire Dawa' },
+      stopTimes: [],
+    },
+    seats: [
+      {
+        leg: 1,
+        passengerName: 'Abubeker Yasin',
+        seat: { seatNumber: '3', coach: { number: 'VIP-0001', coachType: { name: 'VIP Seat' } } },
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  const TEMPLATE = {
+    code: 'booking.upgraded',
+    subject: 'Fare Class Upgraded',
+    bodyTemplate:
+      'Dear {{passengerName}},\n{{bookingRef}} {{origin}} → {{destination}}\n{{changeLines}}\nPaid: {{amountPaid}} {{currency}}\n{{detailLink}}',
+    active: true,
+  };
+
+  function build(opts: { iamAddress?: string | null; template?: any; booking?: any } = {}) {
+    const sms = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ queued: true });
+    const email = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ queued: true });
+    const svc: any = Object.create(NotificationsService.prototype);
+    svc.prisma = {
+      booking: { findUnique: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.booking === undefined ? BOOKING : opts.booking) },
+      notificationTemplate: {
+        findUnique: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.template === undefined ? TEMPLATE : opts.template),
+      },
+    };
+    svc.smsClient = { sendSms: sms };
+    svc.emailClient = { sendEmail: email };
+    svc.logger = { log: jest.fn(), warn: jest.fn(), error: jest.fn() };
+    // The live condition: IAM knows nothing about this passenger.
+    svc.getRecipientAddress = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(opts.iamAddress ?? null);
+    svc.createInAppNotification = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    return { svc, sms, email };
+  }
+
+  const upgradePayload = {
+    booking: { id: 'bk-1' },
+    upgrade: {
+      leg: 1,
+      feeMinor: 0,
+      fareDifferenceMinor: 70000,
+      items: [
+        { passengerName: 'Abubeker Yasin', oldSeatLabel: 'RS-0002 seat 5', newSeatLabel: 'VIP-0001 seat 3' },
+      ],
+    },
+  };
+
+  it('sends SMS and email via the booking contacts when IAM resolves nothing', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms, email } = build();
+    await svc.onBookingUpgraded(upgradePayload);
+
+    expect(sms).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(sms.mock.calls[0][0].to).toBe('+251923594242');
+    expect(email).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(email.mock.calls[0][0].to).toBe('work.abubeker@gmail.com');
+    expect(email.mock.calls[0][0].subject).toBe('Fare Class Upgraded');
+  });
+
+  it('renders the old → new seat line and the amount paid', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms } = build();
+    await svc.onBookingUpgraded(upgradePayload);
+
+    const body = sms.mock.calls[0][0].message;
+    expect(body).toContain('Abubeker Yasin: RS-0002 seat 5 → VIP-0001 seat 3');
+    expect(body).toContain('Paid: 700.00 ETB');
+    expect(body).toContain('Sebeta → Dire Dawa');
+    expect(body).not.toContain('{{'); // every placeholder interpolated
+  });
+
+  it('prefers the IAM address when there is one', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms } = build({ iamAddress: '+251900000000' });
+    await svc.onBookingUpgraded(upgradePayload);
+    expect(sms.mock.calls[0][0].to).toBe('+251900000000');
+  });
+
+  it('a failing SMS gateway does not suppress the email', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms, email } = build();
+    sms.mockRejectedValue(new Error('gateway down'));
+    await svc.onBookingUpgraded(upgradePayload);
+    expect(email).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(svc.logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('sends nothing and does not throw when the booking has no contacts', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms, email } = build({ booking: { ...BOOKING, contactPhone: null, contactEmail: null } });
+    await expect(svc.onBookingUpgraded(upgradePayload)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(sms).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(email).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('a missing template is logged, not thrown', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms } = build({ template: null });
+    await expect(svc.onBookingUpgraded(upgradePayload)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(sms).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(svc.logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('not found or inactive'));
+  });
+
+  it('expiry notification sends and never throws', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms, email } = build({
+      template: { ...TEMPLATE, code: 'booking.upgrade.expired', subject: 'Upgrade Request Expired' },
+    });
+    await svc.onUpgradeExpired({
+      bookingId: 'bk-1',
+      request: { leg: 1, amountDueMinor: 70000, items: upgradePayload.upgrade.items },
+    });
+    expect(sms).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(email.mock.calls[0][0].subject).toBe('Upgrade Request Expired');
+  });
+
+  it('a booking that vanished is logged, not thrown', async () => {
+    const { svc, sms } = build({ booking: null });
+    await expect(svc.onUpgradeExpired({ bookingId: 'gone', request: {} })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(sms).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
index 4dc168d00..ded721c8a 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,180 @@ export class NotificationsService {
     });
   }
 
+
+  // ── Booking-change notification helpers ──────────────────────────────────
+
+  /** Relations the change templates render: station names, coach number and coach-type name. */
+  private static readonly CHANGE_INCLUDE = {
+    schedule: {
+      include: {
+        originStation: true,
+        destinationStation: true,
+        train: true,
+        stopTimes: { include: { station: true } },
+      },
+    },
+    seats: {
+      include: { seat: { include: { coach: { include: { coachType: true } } } } },
+      orderBy: { leg: 'asc' as const },
+    },
+  };
+
+  private fmtDate(d: any): string {
+    return d
+      ? new Date(d).toLocaleDateString('en-US', { month: 'short', day: '2-digit', year: 'numeric' })
+      : 'TBD';
+  }
+
+  private fmtTime(d: any): string {
+    return d
+      ? new Date(d).toLocaleTimeString('en-US', { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', hour12: true })
+      : 'TBD';
+  }
+
+  /** Minor units → major, 2dp. Charges are raised in ETB, so no conversion applies. */
+  private fmtMinor(minor: number): string {
+    return ((minor ?? 0) / 100).toFixed(2);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * "Abubeker Yasin: RS-0002 seat 5 → VIP-0001 seat 3", one line per upgraded passenger.
+   * Labels come off `BookingUpgrade.items`, which snapshots them at quote time — so the message
+   * still reads correctly even after the seats have moved.
+   */
+  private buildUpgradeChangeLines(items: any[]): string {
+    return (items ?? [])
+      .map((i) => {
+        const who = String(i?.passengerName ?? '').trim();
+        const from = String(i?.oldSeatLabel ?? '').trim() || 'previous seat';
+        const to = String(i?.newSeatLabel ?? '').trim() || 'new seat';
+        return `${who ? `${who}: ` : ''}${from} → ${to}`;
+      })
+      .join('\n');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Delivery addresses for a booking-change message. IAM first so a registered passenger's
+   * current details win, then the contact the booking itself carries — which is the only address
+   * a guest booking ever has. Mirrors the `iamPhone ?? contactPhone` fallback that
+   * `onBookingCreated` and `onPaymentSucceeded` already use.
+   */
+  private async resolveDeliveryContacts(
+    booking: any,
+    passengerId: string | null,
+  ): Promise<{ phone: string | null; email: string | null }> {
+    const iamPhone = passengerId
+      ? await this.getRecipientAddress(passengerId, 'SMS').catch(() => null)
+      : null;
+    const iamEmail = passengerId
+      ? await this.getRecipientAddress(passengerId, 'EMAIL').catch(() => null)
+      : null;
+    return {
+      phone: iamPhone ?? booking?.contactPhone ?? null,
+      email: iamEmail ?? booking?.contactEmail ?? null,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Shared context for every change template: who, where, when, which seats. */
+  private buildBookingChangeContext(booking: any, ref: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+    const { passengerName, trainSeatLines } = buildSeatSummary(
+      booking?.seats ?? [],
+      booking?.bookingType,
+    );
+    const segment = resolveBookingSegment(
+      booking?.schedule ?? {},
+      booking?.originStationId,
+      booking?.destinationStationId,
+    );
+    return {
+      passengerName,
+      bookingRef: ref,
+      origin: segment.origin?.name ?? '',
+      destination: segment.destination?.name ?? '',
+      trainSeatLines,
+      travelDate: this.fmtDate(segment.departureAt),
+      departureTime: this.fmtTime(segment.departureAt),
+      arrivalTime: this.fmtTime(segment.arrivalAt),
+      currency: 'ETB',
+      detailLink: `${process.env.PORTAL_URL ?? 'http://localhost:5174'}/booking/detail?ref=${ref}`,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Re-fetch → interpolate → in-app + direct SMS/email.
+   *
+   * The event payload is not enough on its own: the reschedule/upgrade services' own
+   * `bookingInclude` selects `coach: { select: { id, coachTypeId } }` and no station names, so
+   * buildSeatSummary would render "-, seat no. N". Always read the booking back with
+   * CHANGE_INCLUDE.
+   *
+   * Every failure here is logged and swallowed — a notification must never take down the cron or
+   * the event emitter that invoked it, and the reschedule/upgrade itself is already committed.
+   */
+  private async notifyBookingChange(
+    templateCode: string,
+    bookingId: string,
+    extra: Record<string, unknown>,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const booking = await this.prisma.booking.findUnique({
+        where: { id: bookingId },
+        include: NotificationsService.CHANGE_INCLUDE as any,
+      });
+      if (!booking) {
+        this.logger.warn(`${templateCode}: booking ${bookingId} not found — nothing sent`);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const template = await this.prisma.notificationTemplate.findUnique({
+        where: { code: templateCode },
+      });
+      if (!template || !template.active) {
+        this.logger.warn(`Template ${templateCode} not found or inactive`);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const ref = (booking as any).bookingRef;
+      const context = { ...this.buildBookingChangeContext(booking, ref), ...extra };
+      const { subject, body } = this.interpolate(template, context);
+
+      const passengerId = (booking as any).passengerId ?? null;
+      if (passengerId) {
+        await this.createInAppNotification(passengerId, subject, body, {
+          category: 'BOOKING',
+          deepLink: `edr://bookings/${ref}`,
+        }).catch((err) =>
+          this.logger.warn(`${templateCode}: in-app notification failed for ${ref}: ${err}`),
+        );
+      }
+
+      const { phone, email } = await this.resolveDeliveryContacts(booking, passengerId);
+      if (!phone && !email) {
+        this.logger.warn(`${templateCode}: no contact details for booking ${ref} — nothing sent`);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Independent try/catch per channel: a dead SMS gateway must not cost the passenger
+      // their email too.
+      if (phone) {
+        try {
+          await this.smsClient.sendSms({ to: phone, message: body });
+        } catch (err) {
+          this.logger.warn(`${templateCode}: SMS failed for booking ${ref}: ${err}`);
+        }
+      }
+      if (email) {
+        try {
+          await this.emailClient.sendEmail({ to: email, subject, text: body });
+        } catch (err) {
+          this.logger.warn(`${templateCode}: email failed for booking ${ref}: ${err}`);
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error(`${templateCode}: notification failed for booking ${bookingId}: ${err}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   private interpolate(
     template: { subject?: string | null; bodyTemplate: string },
     context: Record<string, unknown>,
@@ -731,42 +905,68 @@ export class NotificationsService {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Booking-change notifications (reschedule / upgrade, applied or expired).
+   *
+   * These deliberately do NOT go through `send()`. That path resolves an address only via
+   * `iam.users`, and `Passenger.iamUserId` is set on well under 2% of rows (and can dangle even
+   * when set), so EMAIL and SMS were silently skipped for almost every real booking while only the
+   * in-app row was written. They follow `onBookingCreated` instead: re-fetch, interpolate the
+   * template, then deliver straight to the booking's own contact details.
+   */
   @OnEvent('booking.rescheduled')
   async onBookingRescheduled(payload: any) {
     const { booking, reschedule } = payload;
-    await this.send(
-      'booking.rescheduled',
-      booking.passengerId,
-      {
-        bookingRef: booking.bookingRef,
-        leg: reschedule?.leg === 2 ? 'return' : 'outbound',
-        feeAmount: ((reschedule?.feeMinor ?? 0) / 100).toFixed(2),
-        currency: 'ETB',
-        category: 'BOOKING',
-        deepLink: `edr://bookings/${booking.bookingRef}`,
-      },
-      ['IN_APP', 'EMAIL', 'SMS'],
-    );
+    let previousTravelDate = '';
+    if (reschedule?.oldScheduleId) {
+      const old = await this.prisma.trainSchedule
+        .findUnique({ where: { id: reschedule.oldScheduleId }, select: { departureAt: true } })
+        .catch(() => null);
+      // Pre-formatted so the template never renders a dangling 'Previously:' label.
+      previousTravelDate = old?.departureAt ? `Previously: ${this.fmtDate(old.departureAt)}
+` : '';
+    }
+    await this.notifyBookingChange('booking.rescheduled', booking.id, {
+      leg: reschedule?.leg === 2 ? 'return' : 'outbound',
+      previousLine: previousTravelDate,
+      feeAmount: this.fmtMinor(reschedule?.feeMinor ?? 0),
+      amountPaid: this.fmtMinor(
+        (reschedule?.feeMinor ?? 0) + Math.max(0, reschedule?.fareDifferenceMinor ?? 0),
+      ),
+    });
   }
 
   @OnEvent('booking.upgraded')
   async onBookingUpgraded(payload: any) {
     const { booking, upgrade } = payload;
     const items = Array.isArray(upgrade?.items) ? upgrade.items : [];
-    await this.send(
-      'booking.upgraded',
-      booking.passengerId,
-      {
-        bookingRef: booking.bookingRef,
-        leg: upgrade?.leg === 2 ? 'return' : 'outbound',
-        passengerSummary: items.map((i: any) => i.passengerName).join(', '),
-        amountPaid: (((upgrade?.feeMinor ?? 0) + Math.max(0, upgrade?.fareDifferenceMinor ?? 0)) / 100).toFixed(2),
-        currency: 'ETB',
-        category: 'BOOKING',
-        deepLink: `edr://bookings/${booking.bookingRef}`,
-      },
-      ['IN_APP', 'EMAIL', 'SMS'],
-    );
+    await this.notifyBookingChange('booking.upgraded', booking.id, {
+      leg: upgrade?.leg === 2 ? 'return' : 'outbound',
+      passengerSummary: items.map((i: any) => i.passengerName).filter(Boolean).join(', '),
+      changeLines: this.buildUpgradeChangeLines(items),
+      amountPaid: this.fmtMinor(
+        (upgrade?.feeMinor ?? 0) + Math.max(0, upgrade?.fareDifferenceMinor ?? 0),
+      ),
+    });
+  }
+
+  @OnEvent('booking.reschedule.expired')
+  async onRescheduleExpired(payload: any) {
+    await this.notifyBookingChange('booking.reschedule.expired', payload.bookingId, {
+      leg: payload.request?.leg === 2 ? 'return' : 'outbound',
+      amountDue: this.fmtMinor(payload.request?.amountDueMinor ?? 0),
+    });
+  }
+
+  @OnEvent('booking.upgrade.expired')
+  async onUpgradeExpired(payload: any) {
+    const items = Array.isArray(payload.request?.items) ? payload.request.items : [];
+    await this.notifyBookingChange('booking.upgrade.expired', payload.bookingId, {
+      leg: payload.request?.leg === 2 ? 'return' : 'outbound',
+      passengerSummary: items.map((i: any) => i.passengerName).filter(Boolean).join(', '),
+      changeLines: this.buildUpgradeChangeLines(items),
+      amountDue: this.fmtMinor(payload.request?.amountDueMinor ?? 0),
+    });
   }
 
   @OnEvent('booking.cancelled')
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/reschedule/reschedule.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/reschedule/reschedule.service.ts
index d45309ac1..e7e9f5f30 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/reschedule/reschedule.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/reschedule/reschedule.service.ts
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ export class RescheduleService {
   async expireStale(now = new Date()): Promise<number> {
     const stale = await this.prisma.bookingReschedule.findMany({
       where: { status: 'PENDING_PAYMENT', expiresAt: { lt: now } },
-      select: { id: true, supplementaryChargeId: true, holdId: true },
+      select: { id: true, supplementaryChargeId: true, holdId: true, bookingId: true, leg: true, amountDueMinor: true },
     });
     for (const r of stale) {
       await this.prisma.bookingReschedule.update({ where: { id: r.id }, data: { status: 'EXPIRED' } });
@@ -452,6 +452,13 @@ export class RescheduleService {
         await this.prisma.seatHold.deleteMany({ where: { id: r.holdId } });
       }
     }
+
+    // After the loop on purpose: the rows are already committed, so a notification failure
+    // cannot leave a request half-expired. Fire-and-forget — the listener swallows its own errors.
+    for (const s of stale) {
+      this.eventEmitter.emit('booking.reschedule.expired', { bookingId: s.bookingId, request: s });
+    }
+
     return stale.length;
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/upgrade/upgrade.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/upgrade/upgrade.service.ts
index 95d3aee75..df3c1b5db 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/upgrade/upgrade.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/upgrade/upgrade.service.ts
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ export class UpgradeService {
   async expireStale(now = new Date()): Promise<number> {
     const stale = await this.prisma.bookingUpgrade.findMany({
       where: { status: 'PENDING_PAYMENT', expiresAt: { lt: now } },
-      select: { id: true, supplementaryChargeId: true, holdId: true },
+      select: { id: true, supplementaryChargeId: true, holdId: true, bookingId: true, leg: true, amountDueMinor: true, items: true },
     });
     for (const u of stale) {
       await this.prisma.bookingUpgrade.update({ where: { id: u.id }, data: { status: 'EXPIRED' } });
@@ -622,6 +622,13 @@ export class UpgradeService {
         await this.prisma.seatHold.deleteMany({ where: { id: u.holdId } });
       }
     }
+
+    // After the loop on purpose: the rows are already committed, so a notification failure
+    // cannot leave a request half-expired. Fire-and-forget — the listener swallows its own errors.
+    for (const s of stale) {
+      this.eventEmitter.emit('booking.upgrade.expired', { bookingId: s.bookingId, request: s });
+    }
+
     return stale.length;
   }