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Old Aug 9, 2018, 9:47 am
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BertieBadger
 
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Originally Posted by mikeyfly
This is interesting. This Forum tends to claim Op Up are only ever issued when a cabin rolls forwards
I got the impression that although this is sometimes said, it is shorthand for a situation that mostly true rather than universally so. Previous discussion of the Discretionary Upgrade Tool has mentioned that occasional space-available upgrades are possible - as jackcarr eloquently puts it, the carrot-dangling part of the DUT algorithm.

I think the reason people say BA only upgrades as needed is to distinguish from the policies of e.g. US carriers which will fill their premium cabins with space-available status upgrades.
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