QFTravel said:
With parents as CL members I can dispel the rumour as false.
Travelling for business reasons I would believe that the need for an upgrade would not be required as most CL's would travel J (at least from my experience). I'm not aware that when travelling for business purposes (co. paid) that he flew Y. Now retired and travelling for lesuire, with almost all trips in Y, Dad gets very few upgrades to J.
The travelling we have been fortunate enough to do over the years as a family or Dad travelling alone we have basically always sat in the seats we paid for. There have been a few occassions where the whole family has been upgraded but this was done at the CL after check-in (MEL-BNE; MEL-PER).
So in response to the question "I have heard a rumour that if a Chairmans Lounge member is travelling, and there is a seat available in a higher class, he/she will always be upgraded for free.
I can confirm that it is false. Hope this helps.
As someone who books CL members quite a bit(and they are not high flyers or politicians!)
I can say it is definitely true.even on the very cheapest of fares(which I book my CL people when possible under instruction)
they used to get J 90% of the time.
now when on the very cheap class it doesnt happen very often but when on any type of flexi fare up they go!!
as recently as last week!
and it actually shows on the activity statement much of the time!
"upgrade"
and there is no points taken out.
they actually used to also get J points!
but that has now stopped.
Why someone would assume that a CL pays for a J ticket I would ahve no idea!
mine NEVER pay for J-ever