Originally Posted by shore9
If I book an M fare for a flight a month away and confirm my upgrade now, and you book an H fare planning to upgrade a week out, who do you think AC would rather upgrade?
The customer who brings them more revenue over time and is more loyal to them, which they would assume to be the SE.
Originally Posted by shore9
The whole point of offering Y and M fares is so that status pax can avoid the aerolotto, meanwhile AC can get more money from us. I really don't see any situation in which someone who confirmed their upgrade more than a week out would be downgraded as there are often many J seats still open when the SE window opens up.
How many times do Andrew and others have to telly you that the "point" of offering Y and M fares is NOT to confirm upgrades in the business cabin. That is a benefit of the status program (if it can be done at all), not the point of the fares, which are highly flexible economy fares.
If everyone confirmed a week out and the aircraft went from a 333 to a 343, then some people would be downgraded, don't you think?
Simon