<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by simonsmith:
Upgrades are less common than they used to be. In 1999/2000/ 2001 it used to be rare not to get one on ams to kul or sin. Sometimes these were big seats no service but great! Fewer seats in C has not helped.</font>
I'd completely agree with that. I was running on about 50% op-up rate for trips to the far east in that period - I got them as I checked in or occasionally at the gate. Since then, although my long haul on KLM has reduced, so has my op-up rate