FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Does Online Check-in ever offer buy-ups
View Single Post
Old Apr 5, 2007 | 9:03 am
  #11  
as219
20 Countries Visited
2M
60 Nights
All eyes on you!
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: UA 1MM/1K, HH Diamond
Posts: 7,297
Originally Posted by Chapel Hill Guy
Last month three of us flew IAD-FRA on identical S fares. I used OLCI for all of us:

Me 1K: No upgrade offered.
Son no status: No upgrade offered.
Wife 3P (gifted): Upgrade offered.

Weird IMHO.
That is weird. Maybe they figure offering a buy-up to a 3P is akin to giving a little taste of the product to someone who might buy it for real in the future. Or maybe it's completely random.
as219 is offline