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.
As a moderator, I am surprised that you post such antagonistic messages. You personally may have had bad experiences, but many (including myself) have not. As discussed ad nauseum, the expression "tens of dollars" leaves a hell of a lot of latitude for commentary. On a short flight, that buy up may as you say be $50 or so, but on the transcon it may be $500 dollars. Both are technically "tens of dollars".
People on this board complain when it's $500, and they complain when it's $50. The rhetoric on here from some of you implies that they will sell an EWR-LAX buyup to someone for $39 dollars and it just doesn't happen. For me, I've seen zero impact from this program.