Originally Posted by
William S
Hello!
I started reading some trip reports here and they are all very nice, but I actually do wonder about the high amount of people obviously flying F and C often where they get that money from to pay such tickets. Roundtrip F Europe-USA can cost 9000-10000 USD and even in Norwegian salaries that is a huge amount. Or do you just do it for business flights or have some insane much miles to spend? Just wondering really...
Regards an all time Y.
Generally, most of us travel so much for work that we accumulate the miles necessary to upgrade ourselves. But in addition to that, different airlines offer loyalty programs that get you automatic upgrades if available when the flight leaves. Most of the time I fly F, it's because I am a member of their program with a qualifying status (they are usually tiered) and they have a seat open.
Although there is less of it around these days, some companies still fly their execs in C or F.
Some are wealthy enough to afford it outright, but even most of them will be reluctant to pay full fare.