The top 5 myths about getting upgraded

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6-01-2009 @ 10:16AM

McCool said...

Don't know if it falls into your 0.5% but there are also FOPs and FOSs. That is, Friends of the Pilot and Friends of the Staff (or Friends of the Flight Attendants, if you must). Furloughed pilots/staff, industry employees (whether or not on the way to assignments), and other friends, can be moved up by the pilot (highest priority) or other staff.

This has not happened to me but I have seen it many times. Luckily, it has happened a few times for passengers seated next to me; thus, I ended up with extra room when my neighbor(s) moved up to a premium seat.

I have moved up for unexplained reasons. I guess it is part of your 0.5%. Myth or not, my best guess is that I was charming and polite.

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