Different Treatment as an Upgrade Customer

[medhead]

The rule of thumb I've known for 26-ish years is 2 drinks in the first hour and 1 thereafter for men, 1 drink per hour for women - to stay under 0.05. It was part of road safety advertisements, so while rules of thumb can be dangerous for the non-average person At some point that was the official word.

 

[jpk]

It's always been 2 standard drinks in first hour, then 1 drink per hour afterwards. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4eYEW4QNCI
The "standard" drink catches a lot of people out too, as a standard drink is 375ml of mid strength. A pint of heavy beer is a lot more. ref: Alcohol - Standard drinks guide

 

[Milefest]

Part of the RSA training is also to prevent people from drunk driving, it could make sense that they're limiting alcohol to a pax that intends to drive home.

Although from what I've read here, the RSA enforcement seems to be out of lazy service and power tripping.

 

[webslave]

Quite right. Just in case that was the reason I made mention of the fact that my wife was driving the hire car upon arrival at Perth.

 

[medhead]

Part of the RSA training is also to prevent people from drunk driving, it could make sense that they're limiting alcohol to a pax that intends to drive home.

Although from what I've read here, the RSA enforcement seems to be out of lazy service and power tripping.

Just power tripping - They have almost zero ability to know if someone is driving, if they intend to drive or if they drive it but will end up in a taxi home. Therefore no ability to prevent drunk driving.

 

[Muppet501st]

782 CNS-BNE today, I used my WP free upgrade ( glad I did, as plane was full and staff in the jumpseat ) which I requested a week ago. J cabin full, I was in 2A, family in 1C,D and F. Dad in 1C was asked first for their choice of lunch, then rest of his family. The CSM then came to me then procedeed with the rest of row2, then back to 1A. I overheard the CSM telling 1A, that as he was on a late minute upgrade there was only 1 option left for him.
I thanked the CSM for her service , as she was flat out for the majority off the flight, even when the seatbelt sign came on a lot earlier due to turbulence.

 

[tracman]

Absolutely. Regardless of how you got there, through an upgrade or full fare payment - you still shelled out a fair amount of cash - either through credit card spending, loyalty, or direct payment and therefore service should be the same. I even go further to argue that even the lowest paying economy fare passenger should be treated well - as it's loyalty and consistent spend that contributes to the growth and bottom line of any business.

I've spent time as VA Plat, although Gold for the past few years, and find the service depends on the cabin crew (although it shouldn't) regardless of where I fly! My worst experience was a mel-bris economy flight as VA Plat.

We've upgraded with both cash a week prior and points upgrade at the Lounge counter. We were treated with impeccable service on the 737 each time. For the points upgrade, they politely advised that meals may not be first choice, but as the cabins were empty, we got whatever we wanted. The full cabin was probably the one with the least amount of attention but it's obvious why that was.

I hate that there would be a manifest with fare classes identified. Just because I didn't pay the $2400 J class fare, doesn't mean I didn't already spend $10,000 earning the points on my Virgin credit card or flying the thousands of paid miles on Virgin PE flights for my points in the first place. I think anyone who has secured a J fare is a J passenger.