Originally Posted by
channa
Sometimes you're not on an upgradeable ticket (e.g., award), or can't get the whole family up there and would rather sit together. Or flying internationally and are ineligible for upgrade. Or are flying standby and just want to get on. Or get bumped and just want a reasonable seat. Or misconnect or reroute and would like to get something decent to sit in.
All good reasons... but there is still a trade of to consider here.
- What is your value of and E+ to First? and
- What is your value of sitting in E+ instead of E-.
I would expect most to consider "E+ to F" to be many times more valuable than "E to E+"... thus making them willing to occasionally sit in E in return for a higher upgrade percentage.
If you took 4 First seats out of all 738s, I would expect my upgrade percentage to deteriorate by more than I would gain from sitting in E+ instead of E.