Originally Posted by
RangerNS
Well, mother's teach us things. I return the favour when I can. And the bottom line lesson here is if you want to fly in business, buy a ticket in business. All the other methods have an element of chance.
Oh yeah, absolutely. I think if my friend booked the ticket for her mother she would have directly purchased a business fare. The problem is the the mother, who travels infrequently, doesn't even know if she has an aeroplan number, and wouldn't want anyone "wasting money" or fussing over her, booked it for herself in economy. My friend is trying to fix it after the fact, and has retained me to help because I usually know all the travel loopholes.
We're trying to salvage what we can, but obviously we want to spend the least amount with the highest chance that that mother will be comfortable.
Originally Posted by
Symmetre
Short answer is, that would be to pay more so she can sit in J or PE.
Yes, but we can't go back in time and make the mother unpurchase an economy ticket, we can just access her booking reference and do our best to get her into a nicer cabin. If the direct cash upgrade is the only option, I think my friend will. But if we can hedge our bets and bid for a lower amount, that's obviously preferable. I'm just trying to calculate on if I should advise my friend to buy or to bid.