Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
I think you'll find this is old news and Qantas and others, such as Air NZ have been doing this for years... offering cheap upgrades (e.g. Air NZ when flying SYD-LAX used to do it for $500 one way - any Economy fare to Business) in order to reduce an oversale. I'd say it's a matter of GA just catching on... The airlines don't advertise it for obvious reasons and with QF, as with NZ out of SYD, it is usually only offered outside main base/country of origin.
but it is advertised & it is available in main bases !!!
Speaking of SYD/LAX some airlines have just dropped their pants & bent over. $1199 return to U.S. west coast departing Xmas Day, $100 to $200 more departing later in December. Thought it was the only time of year some airlines made any money. Obviously forward bookings are awful.
Some airlines surely won't survive this massive recession. Plenty of real estate developers/builders/speculators going under, so they won't be travelling anywhere, anytime soon.