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Sep 14, 2010 | 10:24 am

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Originally Posted by SYRRDU

I am flying MSP to CDG this week and Y appears to be completely full (I have been looking for something up front in Y and no luck changing). There are 15 or so open BE seats.

Anecdotal evidence is that the TATL op-ups have become more common this year. It seems to be a combination of diminished capacity and increasing bookings. The high load factors result in situations like you describe, which are ideal opportunities for an op-up.

Note that this is quite different from a phantom upgrade.

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