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Old Jan 16, 2019 | 1:08 am
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Originally Posted by CPH-Flyer
I have never seen or heard of it on JAL. But can't rule out that there has been the odd occasion here or there.

ANA does it when the flight is overbooked, and they need to upgrade passengers. Monetization of the overbooking.
there used to be such option on a single route from KIX but that route has been suspended
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