<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by andymo99:
Come 2004, Bert's decision of whether to choose more comfortable air travel or more comfortable hotel stays will be made for him. Paying up for K+ fares will no longer be enough to upgrade consistently, so Bert might as well buy insULTs and transfer that budget to better hotels.</font>
You may have hit on something here, forgoing the extra money to Upgrade your seat on the plane and put that money (on many routes a small fraction of the upgrade costs)into luxurious hotel accommodations. Hmmmm..