Originally Posted by LHR/MEL/Europe FF

On $13b maybe not... but...

Airlines say their profits come from First and business class passengers, based on that, a few thousand passengers of the status of the OP make for $100m in 'profits'.

I was speaking to a gate agent about 15 years ago when my mother boarded the late evening QF service from MEL-PER (back in the days when there were only three non-stops a day!!) and I commented on the load that evening - 16 in business class and 20 in economy for a 737. He said 'the business class passengers have made this flight profitable'.