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Old Dec 12, 2005 | 6:19 pm
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bspencerco
 
Join Date: May 2005
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Originally Posted by Ted Striker
revenue management often will not open upgrade seats if coach is oversold because leaving Y at 0 forces people to buy into J / F. why they don't do it when J is >9 is Y is -23, I have no idea.

Quite idiotic, isn't it, to offer free op-ups instead of getting folks to pay mileage for the upgrade? You would think they would upgrade everyone that wanted to spend miles, say 4 hours before departure, rather than giving the seats away for free.
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