Originally Posted by
gojko88
With the current Y+ prices (easily 2-3 times the cheapest available Y), I don't see too many Y flyers up-tiering to Y+.
But that's not how it's expected to work in terms of upgrading cabin-class.
Lowest fare "commodity" travellers will stay where they are: high-Y fares are the ones likely to find Y+ tickets more attractive (one attraction being the cabin is NOT Business, and therefore within corporate travel policies).
If "rare bird" high-Ys move up, they'll free up more Y seats for those from the infinite masses seeking travel at lower fares.
So increased revenue from moves upwards will be somewhat offset by less revenue for the Y seats vacated in that move.
The opposite signs are attached to migration down to Y+ from C. And here vacated C seats don't have infinite numbers waiting to fill those vacated.
It's not as simple as it looks
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Lufthansa's revenue and research teams could probably populate that simplified outline with sensible numbers. We can't. So only time will tell....