Originally Posted by
xyzzy
What is happening is simple. C
is trying to sell upgrades to people for tens of dollars. If they fail to do so, you'll be given the upgrade for free as one of their t
p customers.
This is likely the situation. Coach has been sold out (FULL) for a couple of weeks - so any bookings on my flight are Y oversell.
The problem becomes after T-24 if CO does clear upgrades at that time. Then there is the chance for all kinds of shenanigans going on. There are bugs in the CO system for all these buy ups, etc. so holding off the upgrades after T-24 complicates things and makes people unhappy. CO has sold any additional F seats (or Y/B ups) in the past couple of weeks. One would think that on Sun Jan 2nd - not too many business travelers. They are likely starting on Monday Jan 3rd.