Originally Posted by
Whitemonk Returns
First impression... just been sent my Economy ticket for the trip, had kind of expected an upgrade if I'm honest, if your bringing a girl on a first date you take her to the nice place not the local ... 🤔
As another poster mentioned above, for pilots with Gulf airlines it's generally Economy upgradable to Business. If there's a seat available in Biz, they'll put you there, if not, you ride in steerage. Not a big deal if you're coming from Europe but if you're coming from Auckland or Santiago it's a long trip. You find out your fate an hour before pushback. The exception is, over at EK captains get Biz class upgradable to First on annual leave tickets and Cat C firm tickets (ID50).