Originally Posted by
LarsMB
And it does imply that a SEN/HON/FTL from the higher buckets would be upgraded first still, so it may cause the frequent flyers to take that into account when booking, and so might, in fact, generate more revenue.
Only if they cared and knew about the changes. Apart from the few people here, I doubt that is the case. Also, the booking requirement is inconsistent with other upgrade policy and inconvenient, since LH booking engine gives V as a default "basic plus" class (if available).