Originally Posted by
Ellice
I think you'll find that NZ is always full in J due to Elite upgrades/award seats, maybe not because of phenomenal demand. That seems to be a big part of their business model..
While I won't quote any figures on here I can assure you that your assumption is not correct for long haul flights. For short haul and TT then yes, both PE and BP cabins do have a significant number of RU/APD/OneUp pax in them.
There are plenty of long haul flights where the only two pax flying on upgrades are the lucky two who got in early and scored the R class seats.