When I left the UK to come to Toronto in May, I thought I'd use up all my Airmiles and go Club. So I book the Club ticket one way and its 3000 miles less than advertised. That was the first bonus.
I then checked in online the morning of the flight and picked 60K upstairs, front row. I'm dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and when I arrive at the gate I'm told that I have a new seat allocation. "******" thinks I. "It's 1A" she says. "Thank you very much" says I, trying very hard not to grin too much.
I am not a member of the Executive Club, rarely fly BA and didn't ask for an upgrade (why would I have?). Make of that what you will. I guess it was my lucky day.