Originally Posted by
Witch
My sister has a friend who is a pilot and on a flight to Boston 2 years ago he'd had a word with his mate operating the flight. A World offer ticket of about £260 rtn to Boston in WT suddenly became a First Class seat - I kid you not.

I thought that the captain/pilot could do anything once taken off (ie upgrading people), hence a friend and her husband always get up'd from Y to F (after takeoff) everytime they fly due to her brother being a pilot. Thats on Malaysian Airlines mind. Additionally its not just when he'd flying the plane; when he's not, he just asks whoever
is flying to upgrade them.