Originally Posted by mot29
Not sure that I'd call it reasonable -- $200 to the west coast, $250 to MSP. My seat on the aisle in row 27 of a 757-300 is as comfortable, I think, especially when the seat next to me is empty as it has been on my two of my last segments.
I'd agree that it is probably not worth the money to upgrade on the west-coast 753 flight (unless you have a middle seat).
However, I would jump at the $350 upgrade to MSP on the DC-10. Much more legroom with legrest, 8-hour flight, etc. If you can't use miles to upgrade in advance, try showing up at the airport 3 hours before the flight and ask around if you could purchase an upgrade. You won't regret it.