The Operational Upgrade Thread

Randomly got an op up with my partner on SYD-HBA (In Sept 2022). Was in J lounge and checked boarding passes. Moved from some random Y seats to 2D and 2F. Flight was full but very lucky as a WP and Silver to get that I think.
Nothing like it has happened on 60 odd flights since...
 
And the love from CX keeps on coming.

2x Y to J for me and lady Cloud last week HKG - SIN.


Apart from an odd upgrade from QF (they once put a 747 onto Syd Bris to move a weekend rugby test crowd and we ended up in the nose..), CX are the only airline from which I could ever regularly expect a bump-up..

Back in the days when they had F from Aust (I was OWE and frequently to HK with them) it was a delicious game to approach the boarding gate in Mel or Syd with a CX biz BP and see what happened when it was scanned - oh dear, the light went red, computer says 'no' ... and with a little smile the agent smoothly replaces my BP with a shiny new F one..

The flights up were daylight, the returns overnight and always too short for the service v. sleep conundrum.

Pleased to hear CX continues the practice..
 
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