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Old Oct 27, 2017 | 8:20 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
For what it's worth, the captain's wife is in 2A. She was printed a BP at the gate and I overhead the gate agents talking about that. This isn't a non rev complaint thread but it does seem odd they'd rather give away a seat than sell it for the extra revenue. Especially if the argument is against cheapening the product.
The argument isn't against cheapening the product, the argument is that the airline makes less revenue when they offer buy-ups. Because some passengers rely on buy-ups instead of buying a J ticket.

As you have shown, people eavesdrop at the gate. If someone that paid $5000 for a J ticket heard you buying an upgrade for $500, they might say 'next time I will just do that.'

Nobody says 'next time I will just be the captain's wife.'
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