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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 7:44 pm
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Originally Posted by sammyglobal
Sounds tempting but I would be way to nervous to buy an economy tkt with the hope of getting the same deal at the airport, only to be told that either there are no seats or for you Sam it will be 5K additional
Of course, it would be foolish to expect to be able to upgrade like this. If CX made a habit of offering this type of deal (assuming it is a "deal" and not just an upfare) then they would lose out on a lot of paid business class fares with everyone expecting the cheap upgrade.
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