Originally Posted by
behuman
And exactly this reason would be unacceptable. There could be only one worse reason: A TIP


- but they fly only F, or occasionally C in case they did not succeed in bumping
behuman.
I bumped a Thai TIP from First recently on the way back from FRA.
They refused point blank to put me in First at the check-in counter ... but a kind word in the ear of the Thai Flight Manager made it happen.
I overheard said TIP fuming and dramatically 'venting' at the counter.