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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 9:28 am
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Originally Posted by tashi
I think some of you are still missing the logic so I will restate knowing that its all water under the bridge at this time. If my reservation shows that I was in F post flight then definitely at some point "I" was upgraded prior to departure and someone else sat in my seat and I sat in someone else's is seat... Do we understand and agree with that logic???

What happened after is the non-adherence of GA due to whatever reason. I rest my case now.
IMO we should forget the stories about the poor running paid FC passenger, probably a 1K, who barely makes the connection after arriving on a late-arriving incoming flight. This is classic GA shenanigans: Upgrade an elite customer but don't tell them about the upgrade and give their FC seat to the GA's buddy, probably a nonrev. The GA assumes that the elite will never notice that the upgrade happened.

However, on some airlines, you can still watch the upgrade list of your seat assignment on a cell phone after boarding; if you notice that you've been upgraded this way, show your device to the FA and move up to your newly assigned seat. Otherwise, make a fuss after the fact when you see that your class flown was upgraded on the FF statement.
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