Self upgrader soon get their marching orders
Nov 10, 2022, 12:59 am
#31
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Isle of Man/East Palo Alto
Programs: AA - CK/Airpass
Posts: 1,046
I understand there’s an externality to allowing people to get away with this, so I assure you I’m not going to allow this to be a recurring failure on my part.
Nov 10, 2022, 1:11 am
#32
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: UK. West Sussex
Programs: BAEC. Gold
Posts: 786
So you're happy for them to take the meal that you have paid for in CE and the drinks?
Nov 10, 2022, 1:22 am
#33
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: TLV/ATH/LON/EZE/NYC/UIP
Programs: BA*GGL, A3*G, AF*P, VS*S
Posts: 1,014
Slightly OT as it's a story from Aegean but you'll see why that's very relevant... never choose seat 3A! Lots of chancers - and many infrequent fliers - try to claim it (or are already in it when you board) as "it says A3 on my boarding pass". Happened to me several times, and I have to point out that A3 is in fact printed on the boarding pass of every passenger 
Nov 10, 2022, 1:27 am
#34
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: London
Programs: KLM, BA Silver, Etihad
Posts: 922
Nov 10, 2022, 1:40 am
#35
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,372
But more so than that, if these chancers happen to be exec card holders or travelling on a corporate booking, their boss or travel account manager will know about their antics too. You’d be amazed just how much information the security team at BA have access to about anyone on their aircraft.
Of course differing levels of chancer receive differing levels of response, we certainly don’t go nuclear for tiktok ‘influenza’ trying it on and then being suitably embarrassed by the crew.
Nov 10, 2022, 1:40 am
#36
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: London and Mumbai
Programs: AA CK, AI Platinum, BA Gold, EK Silver
Posts: 44
Quick question.. do these self upgraders follow a particular characteristic or pattern, for example I would assume that they are not frequent flyers (at least to the lofty heights of gold and above).
Are they young, or look like business people, smartly dressed, etc? Just out of curiosity..
Also, do you normally see them on short haul, or has someone really chanced their arm and tried a self upgrade to club or first on long haul?
Are they young, or look like business people, smartly dressed, etc? Just out of curiosity..
Also, do you normally see them on short haul, or has someone really chanced their arm and tried a self upgrade to club or first on long haul?
Nov 10, 2022, 1:42 am
#37
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,372
Quick question.. do these self upgraders follow a particular characteristic or pattern, for example I would assume that they are not frequent flyers (at least to the lofty heights of gold and above).
Are they young, or look like business people, smartly dressed, etc? Just out of curiosity..
Also, do you normally see them on short haul, or has someone really chanced their arm and tried a self upgrade to club or first on long haul?
Are they young, or look like business people, smartly dressed, etc? Just out of curiosity..
Also, do you normally see them on short haul, or has someone really chanced their arm and tried a self upgrade to club or first on long haul?
Nov 10, 2022, 1:45 am
#38
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: UK. West Sussex
Programs: BAEC. Gold
Posts: 786
Nov 10, 2022, 2:12 am
#40
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: GLA
Programs: Chevalier de la Gallentrie - Knight of the Platinum Hair Brush, BA Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,389
Is this really a thing? You get to your seat and some whatsitcalled tries to dismiss you to the back of the bus because they prefer your seat?
I must confess that I would be apoplectic and would not be happy if this individual was then allowed to continue to travel anywhere within my vicinity.
Edit: Glaswegian’s don’t take being disrespected very well!
I must confess that I would be apoplectic and would not be happy if this individual was then allowed to continue to travel anywhere within my vicinity.
Edit: Glaswegian’s don’t take being disrespected very well!
I've never understood this behaviour by passengers - especially it they are brazen enough to try and tell you to move when you challenge them for being in your seat. Thankfully my experience of having someone in my seat has been limited to them reading the wrong row (1 forward or back from the row they were meant to be in); being on the wrong side (they had a window in the right row but somehow picked A instead of F), or the idiot who tried to argue that they had the window seat because they couldnt read the sign above the chair which clearly indicates that D is the aisle seat, and F is the window (seriously though - if that was their logic, do they really think the seats went CBA then FED??). Never had to kick out a self-upgrader thankfully.
Nov 10, 2022, 2:25 am
#41
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: Honors Diamond
Posts: 1,686
I would probably responded to anyone refusing to move from the seat on my boarding pass with “I’m sorry I paid to reserve that seat so I’d like to sit there”. I would then resort to speaking to the Cabin Crew.
Honest mistakes do happen, and I’ve made them, but I think it’s very easy to tell the difference.
Honest mistakes do happen, and I’ve made them, but I think it’s very easy to tell the difference.
Nov 10, 2022, 2:34 am
#42
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: EDI/GLA
Programs: DL 2 MM Unobtainum | UA 1.1MM Gold | MR Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 2,298
I've had similar brazen attempt when I boarded to find someone sitting in my seat, and they very confidently tried to say it was theirs, they'd already unpacked their belongings, settled in, and suggested to me it would be easier for everyone if I found myself an empty seat further back... I was shocked and confused but stood my ground and glanced over to nearby cabin crew who thankfully noticed the kerfuffle and asked to check boarding passes and sent them on their way! Unfortunately they didn't take their cabin bag back with them.
Nov 10, 2022, 2:38 am
#43
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: BAEC Silver, IHG Diamond
Posts: 7,849
I.e. had the correct ticket; crew let him for filming purposes etc.
Much like a lot of these bloggers casually dropping Ł10k to show off.
Nov 10, 2022, 3:18 am
#45
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: UK
Programs: BA Executive Club - Gold
Posts: 265
I must myself, admit to the late night JFK departure on the 747, heading upstairs and settling myself into 62K and promptly falling asleep.
It wasn't until a few days later that I had the horrible realisation, I had accidentally sat myself in somebody else's 62A, so many years of A being on my RHS and K being on my LHS threw me when walking 'backwards' towards to cockpit that I made a huge mistake.
The gentleman sat in 62K never did say anything to me but if he is on here I owe you an apology!
CB
It wasn't until a few days later that I had the horrible realisation, I had accidentally sat myself in somebody else's 62A, so many years of A being on my RHS and K being on my LHS threw me when walking 'backwards' towards to cockpit that I made a huge mistake.
The gentleman sat in 62K never did say anything to me but if he is on here I owe you an apology!
CB