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Oct 2, 2018 | 11:42 pm

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pogonation

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: NCL and LBA

Programs: BD*G, BAGold, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat

Posts: 3,414

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Originally Posted by NTCP8

2nd topic in a short time.

I've been flying with Thai since 2014, became Gold in 2015. Unfortunately, still stuck on Gold, hopefully next year Platinum.

So far Thai never upgraded me from Business to First, or Economy to Business. Is this typical for Thai? Back when I was flying with CX I got an upgrade regularly, even being MarcoPolo Green (or whatever the name was).

I fly with TG between 2 and 4 times a month, so I'm a loyal customer. I made a complain last year seeing they had serious issue with their inflight entertainment on their 747's and the older a330's. TG gave me a 200USD discount for this issues, which was a nice gesture. However, they are stingy with their upgrades. Even on TG601 (sometimes they use a a380 for this route), first & business relatively empty, even then no upgrade. Any advice? I guess its only for Platinum members.

I don’t know of a single Asian airline that does upgrades unless the flight is oversold. I also find op-ups are relatively common on CX as a status passenger but only because they are regularly oversold (especially on LHR route). I suspect TG either doesn’t oversell or they just rarely fill up the cabin.

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