Originally Posted by
KarlRebecca
btw: I have heard that some crews will upgrade Ultis one level of their booked cabin, such as Eco to PE, PE to Biz, even when the flight is not overbooked. Would not put lot of expectation on this, but would be no doubt an absolute high light if your cabin crew offer this.
It's rare, but does happen. Was upgraded on a LIS-AMS last year. This has happened only once though.
On all my other intra-Europe Y short-hauls I've booked myself an extra seat to make sure I had no neighbor, so I never felt the need to be upgrade. This EXST in my PNR might also be a reason why some crews didn't offer to move me. But in some of those cases too, I was served either meal from J, drinks from J or something of the sort. It's basically about 50-50 for a crew trying to make the flight better than normal, and I really do appreciate those who go the extra mile.