Originally Posted by addicted747
Interesting point. Did you ask them for the upgrade on check in or was it simply handed to you unprompted? I know people disagree but I always ask and have been reasonably successful
Didn't ask - just handed it over (without comment on the outbound).
As you say people have different opinions on asking but my take is that the check-in staff must get asked several times a day (especially on BA in zone R, which is my usual route through LHR) so surely must get a little sick of it. Any Op-up is just a bonus.