Originally Posted by
CMK10
American and United and many other airlines including KLM sell upgrades day of departure. Again it's all about spoliation, the people with money to pay for Business Class ahead of time strike me as unlikely to play a gate lottery for the chance at maybe buying a seat later for cheaper. My theory is if inventory is about to spoil why not get a few hundred bucks for it instead of letting it spoil?
Hey... if you've got nothing to do today, why not sell your professional services (I have no idea what you do) for $5 an hour instead of what you usually charge? After all, you're not making any money anyway.