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Old Jan 30, 2014, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by BigErn
Just glancing at the passenger manifest the FA has, there are 5 CP and 1 SP in F on this return flight currently. That seems like alot to me, mainly because I've done this MR twice and have have been upgraded as a SP once with an open seat in F next to me!

I checked KVS just out of curiosity and it doesn't appear that even a PP would have been cleared at T-4 outbound.
Depending on price the Non-refundable FC seats can be a wise choice to get, so the SP could have been on a YUP fare... I did this when I was flying PHX-JFK-PHX a couple of years ago, the YUP fare was $600RT, while the lowest Y fare was $390 RT. So for $105 each way I was in FC, ate, drank and oh yeah, got the class of bonus too.. Was a wise decision on my part, for a 5 hr flight...
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