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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 5:05 am
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Originally Posted by Hedwig
Looks like they are continuing the push to OLCI, although no mention of improving chances of an upgrade. Additionally does anyone else find it strange that they won't be offering the service to Prems and Golds?
To be fair, the only mention of an upgrade was in the very first post on this thread. Even if it were policy (official or not - and I have always doubted that it is) I sincerely doubt they'd ever mention it in official communication to customers.

Originally Posted by Swanhunter
This 'trial' rather seals my suspicion that the premise of this thread was to drive the OLCI use percentage rather than any actual change of upgrade policy.
My thoughts exactly. And where better an audience than tech-savvy internet users - the types of whom post to FT?
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