Originally Posted by jpdx
Also, Air China is very generous with free, undeserved, and unexpected upgrades -- I seem to be getting them just for being tall.
Maybe because the seat pitch is so small that they figured you can't even get into the window seat?
Anyway, I think
party_boy's analogy would probably be rather accurate. As I've never been on a US flight before. I would think it's similar to taking a lowcost carrier with some free food.