Originally Posted by
SamOF
But the question isn't if it's better---as I said, a C- aisle is "better" than a C- middle. The question is whether it's properly called an "upgrade." I honestly don't really have an opinion on that, but you just keep making the point that C+ is better, and that's just not the argument.
Oh, for crying out loud!
The specific post that I QUOTED said the following:
DL obviously disagrees, but I consider it shenanigans to refer to C+ as an "upgrade."
So yes - that *is* the argument. Delta has selected a group of seats closer to the front of the plane, increased the pitch by a noticeable amount, provided free adult beverages, headphones, and snacks. They have decided to limit access by either requiring that you pay extra for it or qualify in some predefined way to sit there for free. It's not important that you personally might not find sufficient value in those things to pay for them with actual money, but it is extraordinarily disingenuous to suggest that having an opportunity to move from a seat with fewer benefits to a seat with more benefits isn't by definition an "upgrade".
Are you suggesting that Delta should reconfigure them back to standard Y pitch and ditch the freebies? Why?