Originally Posted by hobo13

Instead of? C'mon, you're an FTer, right? You want the upgrade and the money!

We got bumped on the IAD-LAX leg of our trip last year that was continuing onto LAX-NRT. We had applied SWU's for LAX-NRT but they hadn't yet cleared 8 hours before the flight. We convinced them to put us on the non-stop IAD-SIN in C (not NC!) and give us $400 each. We ended up getting to NRT at the same time, with the assured upgrade, and the 50% COS EQM bonus. So yes, it most definitely can be done. Of course, the fact that they were 20+ over on the flight, and IDBing lots of disgruntled pax probably helped our negotiating power!