well jimquan, the flight attendant may have heard the MBA going on & on and decided to take revenge on them..

The doctors I know who've been upgraded are 'academic' doctors - PhD's in abstract math, chemistry etc - not generally people who get to fly in the front of the plane. One penniless post-doctoral fellow I know was upgraded while his (less qualified) girlfriend was left in economy. He'd have been no help in a medical emergency!

But, if you look back at my upgrade tales from my student days (no PhD/MBA or other), titles don't seem to have much to do with it. I spent my first trip in business trying to hide the rips in my jeans. It is, indeed, merely a case of being blessed by the upgrade gods.

Catman, you seem to have the upgrade routine down pat: being moved to 'balance the plane' sounds a little far fetched, particularly as I've seen the inner workings of BA's cargo section, & even a 400 pound person wouldn't disturb the wings. Now if they asked you to get off the plane because it couldn't take off with you aboard... that would make more sense! (Airports like Cape Town can be hard to get out of)