Originally Posted by
SamOF
I don't want to speak for the poster, but it doesn't seem like that's the point. An aisle seat in row 20 is objectively much better than a middle seat in row 39 with no recline—but it doesn't mean that it's an upgrade in the sense that frequent flyers use the word.
The post that I quoted specifically called out C+ as not really being an upgrade.
Is a C+ middle better than an aisle or window farther back? No, not for most people. But that's not a valid comparison because I'm sure that most people would agree that *no* middle is better than *any* window or aisle. But seat type for seat type, saying that C+ isn't better than any comparable Y seat on the plane is either disingenuous or snobbery.