Deelmakur,

As we witnessed with the virtual elimination of advance upgrades in the E inventory, they are now applying to international. The demand side of the equation for premium seats is probably still the same as it ever was in recent times. We'll still get upgraded but have to do the dance at the gate, pending no inundation of overbooks.

I was not at RF, but the pleas of ignorance in the severe reduction of advance upgrade inventory strike me as either grossly uninformed or disingenuous. There is something going on here folks. I realize that we all held hands and sang kum ba ya at RF, but these guys are playing a far sneakier and more insidious game with DM than they have since black tuesday.

And this is WITHOUT the eventual reduction of envoy seats in the A330. Wait till you see how nasty that gets with no inventory help at all.