It's duty travel. I fly out there on one of our 737s (that will be fun !), wait a few days for another one to fly over, then I have to fly back. Maybe I will take my chances with Lufthansa instead. I can buy a standby business ticket from them. I would rather use a couple of hundred euros of my own money than spend 19 hours more than likely sat between other passengers in row 100
Oh for the days of duty travel being J class.