Originally Posted by greenery
My father, who use to fly alot years ago, always told me that he had friends working for the Airline as a Gate Agent who upgraded him to Business or First Class because they knew and liked him. That might of been a story of a simplier time in Air Travel, or maybe not.
I always wondered if the Gate Agent can actually push the right buttons on his/her computer to upgrade their "friends or relatives" who bought a coach class ticket. Can this be done?
great question by the OP.
sometimes, maybe your dad dreamed that it happened, and sometimes it was a middle seat in the middle section of a 747 landing in Lima, Peru!!!