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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 1:16 am
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Originally Posted by Crampedin13A
+1 For an airline "protecting the integrity of the premium cabins" they sure don't mind ramming them to the gills with pax who have paid nothing at the last minute but won't release an upgrade using Avios to their top tier members even a few hours in advance. I have talked to a lot of people in CW seats next to me over the years and they have been totally surprised at the gate by being upgraded. Very few of them ever mentioned being in BAEC. Good for them I say but for ffs BA needs to stop the integrity of the cabin crap
This is a sales ploy and revenue protection ploy.

Give them a taste of the premium cabin and hope they will book it he next time

If someone usually flies club, but on one flight choose to fly WT+, why upgrade them to club, at either a significantly reduce price or OpUp? That would just encourage them to pay for WT+ the next time.
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