It could be a bribe, but when I saw this happening the majority of people who did upgrade used CC since most people don't carry that kind of cash around. Unless the FA's had their own CC machine.
Originally Posted by
xrayflyer
I flew China Southern CAN->LAX on the A380 and noticed 2nd level business prob had 10 seats available empty.
The announcement said there were in flight upgrades available to business class and I inquired and was told it was $1223 but you only got the seat eg no business class food.
I thought about it some more and think it's weird those guys didn't offer it at the gate but instead took it inflight.
Is this legit or was it a bribe / pocket money for the flight attendants?