Originally Posted by
littlegreenman
If you make it a regular thing to send out the upgrade emails nobody will be paying a full fare for J any more and always buy Y and pay less I reckon.
Possibly yes - but a business class fare for HKG - BKK is normally around HK$4000 - HK$4500, so they are not losing too much by offering a 'cheap' upgrade.
Also an a gold, I have access to the loune anyway, so that is no added value. There is no chaffeur service in BKK also...