Originally Posted by
clevelandbrown
For domestic flights, I often buy a b fare and upgrade. Yesterday I was plotting a domestic flight, and there was a new option: First/global first. For the flights I looked at, the price was materially lower than a b fare, and gave me an a fare.
I'm hardly complaining, but I'm wondering if there is some disadvantage to the First/global first option. There didn't seem to be any explanation on the web site of this change.
It's all designed to generate additional incremental revenue for the airlines. If you'll buy the B/Y fare without looking at the A with the "hope" of getting an automatic upgrade, the airline wins. The entire reservation/fare engine is designed to extract as much revenue as possible.