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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 2:42 am
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frb98mf
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Originally Posted by alexwuk
I had a weird one a few weeks ago. Booked in D LHR-BKK, loadsheet was F6 J9 W0 Y0. I asked at check-in about paying for an airport upgrade, and was first told "no, it's oversold at the back but J's fine" cue long, chatty phonecall to a yield manager to muse about offering it do me, before deciding "no, speak to ticketing".
So I spoke to ticketing who tried to upsell me a re-fare to Full F (until I explained what A class was), and in the end we all agreed £10k seemed a touch steep.
At the gate I got the red light, and instead of "U/G Due to DUT Entitlement" (which is standard for OpUps), my new BP read "U/G Due to Staf Entitlement" (sic)
So what happened there??
I'd say you just became the yield manager's new nominated significant other. You must have made quite an impression.
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