self upgrader
May 8, 2015, 3:20 am
#1
Formerly known as linzbh
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self upgrader
Greetings form KLIA.
Just thought I would share, my dismay with a passenger on CX767 this morning, who decided to self upgrade himself from Y to W with no intervention from the cabin crew when they came around to do service.
This guy was sitting in our seats when we arrived, asked him to move, then 10 minutes later another passenger kicked him out of their seat then 2 mins after take off he made a bee line to PE.
Never have considered this myself but has it seems tolerated maybe on my return Y trip in a few weeks I will self upgrade too! :P Just kidding.
Just thought I would share, my dismay with a passenger on CX767 this morning, who decided to self upgrade himself from Y to W with no intervention from the cabin crew when they came around to do service.
This guy was sitting in our seats when we arrived, asked him to move, then 10 minutes later another passenger kicked him out of their seat then 2 mins after take off he made a bee line to PE.
Never have considered this myself but has it seems tolerated maybe on my return Y trip in a few weeks I will self upgrade too! :P Just kidding.
May 8, 2015, 9:08 am
#6
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 228
when there are women repeatedly get pass security onto plane and to the destination with no issues, I guess self upgrader isn't that bad..
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/10...-minnesota-to/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/10...-minnesota-to/
May 8, 2015, 11:18 pm
#7
Join Date: May 2009
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The problem is this is becoming an annoying pattern it seems. Y fliers are noticing PEY is regularly empty, and will help themselves. As I've said before I had to kick a person off my seat after meal service. It's ridiculous. There's no way the crew doesn't know this but just decided to ignore it. I've even seem one person jumped to J class and slept there most of the flight and only caught after J crew was giving meal service and asked him to leave. Ridiculous.
May 9, 2015, 12:18 pm
#8
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The problem is this is becoming an annoying pattern it seems. Y fliers are noticing PEY is regularly empty, and will help themselves. As I've said before I had to kick a person off my seat after meal service. It's ridiculous. There's no way the crew doesn't know this but just decided to ignore it. I've even seem one person jumped to J class and slept there most of the flight and only caught after J crew was giving meal service and asked him to leave. Ridiculous.
A few months ago, I flew ADL - HKG in J and a PY pax helped himself into the nearly empty mini-J cabin. Little did he know that one of the Pursers had seen him and a few minutes later the Inflight Service Manager shouted: "Sir, this is Business Class. Please go back to your ticketed seat, NOW!" The guy then had the nerve to try to steal a pillow but the ISM (who by this point was already very annoyed) told him "That pillow is for our Business Class only."
I admit, I enjoyed every second of it. Business Class is no place for PY and Y pax.
May 9, 2015, 3:58 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hong Kong, London, Toronto, Bangkok
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The problem is this is becoming an annoying pattern it seems. Y fliers are noticing PEY is regularly empty, and will help themselves. As I've said before I had to kick a person off my seat after meal service. It's ridiculous. There's no way the crew doesn't know this but just decided to ignore it. I've even seem one person jumped to J class and slept there most of the flight and only caught after J crew was giving meal service and asked him to leave. Ridiculous.
So glad I don't usually sit at the back of the cabin in PEY or J.
Jul 4, 2015, 7:09 am
#13
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Seriously you agree that people jumping into empty seats on a plane is an arrestable offence..... Wow
Jul 4, 2015, 7:18 am
#14
Join Date: Jul 2011
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If it's an empty seat in a class higher than what you paid for, then why not? If you've spent any time in the region, you'll no doubt appreciate that a zero tolerance policy is the only thing that will work for nationals of certain markets.
Jul 4, 2015, 9:13 am
#15
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Because I think using police resources to deal with people chancing their arm trying to get into a better seat, probably out of ignorance, is uncalled for, and way over the top. The crew should deal firmly with it.
Last edited by cxfan1960; Jul 4, 2015 at 1:45 pm Reason: Presumptive statement removed by mod to avoid unnecessary discussion.