free upgrade on other *A airlines
 

I recently flew to Tokyo NRT on Air Canada on a fare that could not be used for upgrades. Since there were empty seats in 1st class, the flight director came to see me and asked if I'd like to get an upgrade...which I of course accepted. Since this is AC, I supposed my SuperElite status made me the lucky one that day.

Now, this weekend, I came back from Chennai on LH. MAA-FRA was on economy seats, but, while waiting at the gate, the LH agent called me and asked if I would like to get an upgrade. Is that something common to get upgrade from a *A partner on which I have no status other than star-alliance gold?

Thanks

Good to hear that you got upgraded but we can only speculate as to why.

My guess is he stuck a horseshoe in a very uncomfortable place before his flight. (Post security, of course)

LMFAO

OMG I almost pissed in my shorts,.

:D:D:D

LH is very stingy with their upgrades. They reached low in their OP-UP list to get to you.

Your lucky day.

Does your cologne contain pheromones? keep using it!

Upgrade to first? So this story was from 15 years ago? :P

-AC does not have a first class; and if an op-up is to be had; yes it would be your SE status that got it.

You are SE and don't know that AC doesn't have First Class?

It seems to be a Cardinal sin calling AC's executive first cabin "first class".
FT should really update their T&C to first offense you get a warning and if you do it again, you get booted from FT.

Last week I was flying TG HKG-BKK in J class, I was nicely surprised to get called
aside on boarding and be presented with a F boarding pass. The flight was overbooked,
so op-ups were in order, it was nice to see the *G counted for something with Thai.

TG601 or 607?

The First Class bit, by an SE makes the whole thing unbelievable.
There is no way a SE doesn't understand the difference between first and business.

Being an SE, where you upgraded from Y to F?

I want to believe that this happened, as I've also been op-upped on a *A partner for an oversold flight (along with a +1 who had no status).

But the flight really was oversold, right? Please tell me the flight was oversold. Because otherwise an image macro is probably in order...

I have been flying about once a month between BLR and YYZ with LH/AC for the last two years. I have been upgraded exactly once on the LH legs.