Originally Posted by SirDomino
Processed? If you bribed them wouldn't they just tell a FA to set you sit in 1st or Biz? or would they get in big trouble for not processing it?
Also, if they are about to take off and the seats are empty, why would they get in trouble? if they know those sits will remain empty, regardless, wouldn't it not be a big deal to upgrade some folks complimentary RE: Airline Goodwill?
If I paid $1000+ for my F seat or earned my upgrade with 50,000+ BIS miles and then I see some guy upgraded for free, there's not going to be a lot of goodwill on my part towards the airline. If someone gets a last second upgrade legitimately, there is always some paper shuffling and the GA either comes on board or passes a new boarding pass to the FA, who escorts the passenger up front, so it would be pretty obvious if someone were getting the undocumented upgrade. And the FA would probably be fired.
I think its pretty likely that one could bribe their way up front on a non-US carrier though.
Why not go in to a restaurant and sit down at an empty table and ask them to bring you dinner for free since the table is empty and the food will go bad anyways?