Originally Posted by
economyman
No mention of what Y classes will be offered this option. I wonder if there are any restrictions. If not, I certainly wonder how and if this will impact Matmid members who are usually upgraded last minute or 48 hours before for a few point. For example, if someone has bought a very cheap Y ticket and offers an upgrade, LY would probably prefer his/her cold cash on top of the GL members points for the last minute upgrade.
i was ofered this option on an E ticket (bonus). with starting price of 610$.
as they anounce the "award" of this option 48 hours before the flight, this is , as i understand, before the deadline of the last minute upgrades (which sometimes takes palce only 24 hours before the flight).
but they are not stupid... they will not offer this on flights they think they have good chances on selling the biz tickets.
on a roundtrip flight to bkk on E class, i was offered this only on the outbound and not tne inbound. but as i snugged biz seats with economy service, there is no sense in paying extra for biz class.