Originally Posted by
carrotjuice
Off topic. Seriously you should consider quitting. Why would any company not allow employees to pay their own dime for upgrades?
Three reasons: generally upgrading on a promotional rate increases the inflexibility and cost of any changes, and that often falls on to the ticket issuer (the company's travel agent). Secondly the company's deal with BA could be based on looking at sales in one particular cabin, the more sold the better. Upgrading is perceived (not always correctly) as taking the ticket out of the consideration for the statistics on sales. Finally the old fairness issue, when many companies have an economy only programme for all staff and directors, someone seen to be in the wrong cabin raises questions as to whether that person is on some sort of better/secret contract.