I did Birmingham -> CDG -> Sao Paulo the other month.
Was a little worried about the transfer time at CDG, (I was sitting in 1D) in the Birmingham to CDG flight, so asked the Cabin crew about the gate.
He told me not to worry and someone was going to pick me up, when we landed discovered I had been upgraded from Business to La Premier and had a Porsche waiting to take to me the lounge, then over to the plane an hour or so later.

On the return flight, with KLM, I got a personal greeting...