Originally Posted by
siberslava
Obviously they are trying to monetize as much as possible
I get your point, but it's not immediately obvious to me why wiping off a huge amount of miles for an upgrade (and the associated balance sheet liability) isn't still a pretty good outcome.
It's the US airlines that are giving away First Class domestic seats to status passengers. So getting actual cash for that same seat is definitely monetising, even if the upsell amount is relatively low...