Craig Welch wrote:

xyzzy said:



I believe British Airways feels it's more important to maintain the
exclusivity (and therefore perceived value) of those seats than to
fill them up the unsold ones with, say, the highest status frequent
fliers who are on the flight like most airlines would do.


Translation:

'Like most airlines would do'

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'As most American airlines would do'.


NO, they would not.
Most US airlines do not normally give away international upgrades
without some kind of payment, unless Y is oversold.

Don't any of you people fly?