Originally Posted by
mkmintman
im on the 540 am ord-atl flight flying on an non upgradeable n fare and as the flight was boarding I notices an announcement on the overhead: 75 dollars to upgrade. i've never seen this before and was wandering if this was a new policy? Is this something they offer if there are open f seats with no medallions to claim them? anyone happen to see this before?
Yep, they've been doing this for quite a while. If all the medallions are already upgraded and there are still seats up front, they'll sell them to anyone on a K+ fare.
Price varies depending on the length of the flight.