Originally Posted by
henkybaby
There is no reference to adios in Upgrad(e)-ios. It is simply a contraction of Upgrad(e) and (Av)ios.
Oh, that's a better way of looking at it. I was looking at it as Upgr-adios, hence thinking of Upgr-avios. I thought it may be something devised by people who were angry at the "devaluation"
How wrong I was.
Originally Posted by
ColdWalker
That came as a pleasant surprise to me on a recent far east flight - I was only expecting 70
. Unfortunately it simply took me to 30 points past the level for gold rather than by 10 points. I thought I had done rather well getting it to within 10 points with the judicious use of a one way CW fare in the sale.
Surprises, regardless of whether they are fundamentally good or not, gives us something else to complain about.
