Was in business class on Christmas Day JFK - MXP. As the doors close, two people squirt up from coach. One asks me if anyone is sitting beside me, and takes the seat when I say no.

Then they ask the woman sitting the row ahead if she will switch with my erstwhile row partner so that they apparent self-upgraders can sit together. She says OK.

In the meantime, the two new arrivals are rubber necking back to the people they left in coach - it was hilarious. I thought their were going to break their necks they were twisting so long and so hard. Big grins: like, "huh-yuk, huh-yuk, lookit us!" This went on non-stop for about 30 minutes.

So it's all mildly amusing and I am wondering how it is all going to play out.

Turns out it was the sister of the captain and her bf getting freebie upgrades!