Originally Posted by Eastbay1K

Evolved? More like took some steroids for rapid but not healthy growth. I'm reminded of my dearly departed apricot tree, which one year, had so much fruit on one branch that it finally gave way, leaving a huge tear in the trunk, inviting illness to the tree, causing its ultimate demise.

Meanwhile, today I had a unicorn transaction. I wasn't quite sure the last dates of the SFO/BUR route. I checked for flights (after seeing the outrageous WN prices OAK/BUR if I wanted a chance of a decent seat and a boarding zone for a chance of my carry on bag) and voila, for a bit over $200, I get the joy of flying an OO plane one last time on the route. (The price was almost as outrageous as WN from OAK.) AS tried to sell me a $40 upgrade, but I declined. After ticketing, within a few minutes, I received a You've been upgraded to First Class email. I had no idea that my fare was in a seat bucket high enough for the possible instant upgrade, nor did I check for U space. After all my whining, I will get to fly SFO/BUR for "only" $243 and enjoy the opulent splendor of the AS/OO F experience on the route. My mouth is watering, dreaming of the cornucopia of delights that will be overflowing from the snack basket. May the FA remember a PDB and perhaps two beverage runs, for the comfortably numb I'd like to be when arriving.