Booking extra full fare ticket to block seats / upgrades

[thecatinthehat]

Seems like an AWFUL lot of stuffing about (and the CERTAIN loss of the credit card fees on the 3 Biz Class 'cancels' outlined above) just to 'maybe' get an empty seat next to you, or having an upgrade clear - that might have cleared anyway in the normal way.

Airline staff hover around all gates praying for seat cancels, to use their generous 10% or whatever of fare perk for Biz flights, and unless your phantom rellies check in 30 or 40 mins ahead, those seats are released back into inventory.

As others have pointed out, you have ID'd yourself pretty much, and your account getting flagged or clobbered is pretty real I'd suggest. All to maybe get a spare seat alongside. Makes zero sense.

I agree it's not something likely to be repeated due to its byzantine steps with minimal gain. Just something to test the system.

Once again, I have no worries about being "ID'd" or otherwise by VA. There's nothing in the conditions of carriage to prohibit this and I think as a one off thing it's not a concern.

 

[JohnK]

This topic comes up every now and then, but the question really is @JohnK would you be willing to pay an extra 3-5% across the board?

Or, perhaps, this is another add-on opportunity....

Yeah why not if it means I cannot be offloaded from a flight where I have a confirmed booking.

And yes we keep discussing these topics and everyone of them favours the airline.

We purchase confirmed seats on a flight but when you read the fine print you don't actually have anything confirmed other than the airlines obligation to get you to your destination close to your intended arrival.

Same day, next day or within a few days depending on schedules.

Personally I don't think that's good enough.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Nah.

The potential offence would be using deception to dishonestly obtain a financial advantage, or cause financial disadvantage. (Likely both in this case.)

I agree it's not something likely to be repeated due to its byzantine steps with minimal gain. Just something to test the system.

Once again, I have no worries about being "ID'd" or otherwise by VA. There's nothing in the conditions of carriage to prohibit this and I think as a one off thing it's not a concern.

14.2(g) of the conditions of carriage could potentially apply.

 

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