This is all well with US carriers who upgrade as often as the meal service, but...

What about those Asian carriers (hmm, SQ?) who will NEVER upgrade? (I'm sure SQ would rather re-route to another carrier, hence SQ paying the normal fare for that segment to the airline which the passenger is being re-routed on :eek

I feel that, sure, no excuse when it IS possible to get loads of upgrades if you fly any more than twice per year, but when your airline upgrades as often as it crashes (ie, never, Korean being an exception), and there are no other ways of experiencing the joys of P/J other than pay the full fare (USD 14000 from NRT-LHR in F return), it's a bit different. Sure, it's still stealing (the preferred terminology I see by some), but it really frustrates me knowing that I literally have to pay about 10 times as much to fly Business, no other ways... Okay, there's the FF upgrade for miles, but hey, fly 5 returns for 1 upgrade? Hardly generous I would say. Hence super-glueing me down to a normal Y seat, at least for the time being...


stargold