Originally Posted by
jrl767
this may have been expressed upthread but I'm not scrolling or keyword-searching thru ~1000 posts to find it ... seems to me that C+ is (or is becoming) the new UG "destination seat" ... it would not surprise me at all to eventually see UGs to the front cabin being limited to those pax who PAID REAL MONEY -- not miles, not instruments -- for C+
We don't know yet, but it's a possibility.
Still, as I have written a couple of times, there are some major differences between these C+ "upgrades" and the traditional FC upgrades:
- C+ has middle seats on most aircraft. So if elites don't buy the upsells, they face the prospect of being assigned to middle seats.
- FC upgrades specify that revenue upgrades may not take precedence over medallion upgrades. That, however, is clearly not the case with C+ upsells, which are available to anybody at booking
- We also don't know if, when the C- cabin is full, passengers will be automatically seated in the remaining C+ seats at no cost. I would have a hard time believing DL will allow C+ seats to go empty simply because of this new upsell protocol. So imagine spending money for a C+ seat while the person next to you, a kettle, got it for free because this was the only seat remaining in the Y cabin.