Reporter was assigned new altitude which they didn't want; and ATC assigned higher altitude anyway.

Attributes
ACN	1163119
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	VVTS.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 3 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

Enroute to rctp FL270 per the flight plan 72 miles west of aldas on M765. Vvts asked us to climb to FL310. We expressed our desire to maintain FL270 per our flight plan and were denied. In no uncertain terms we were told to climb and maintain FL310; we complied. We then sent a message to company with new altitude. We were aware of the fly safe NOTAM but had to comply with the clearance issued.I don't believe we could have done a thing about the issue we were forced to comply with the issued clearance.file flight plan around vvts airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Reporter was assigned new altitude which they didn't want; and ATC assigned higher altitude anyway.

Narrative: Enroute to RCTP FL270 per the flight plan 72 miles west of ALDAS on M765. VVTS asked us to climb to FL310. We expressed our desire to maintain FL270 per our flight plan and were denied. In no uncertain terms we were told to climb and maintain FL310; we complied. We then sent a message to company with new altitude. We were aware of the fly safe NOTAM but had to comply with the clearance issued.I don't believe we could have done a thing about the issue we were forced to comply with the issued clearance.File flight plan around VVTS airspace.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.