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user-inactivated  ·  1662 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Because of your social network, we would like to formally extend a Business Class upgrade"

It's ridonkadonk to expect an upgrade due to social media clout but the concept is hardly new.

My brother got upgraded to business class on a flight to Hong Kong because he knew my uncle. That was it. He just knew the dude who routinely flew business class. The flight attendant was just like heeey come up here!

Pretty wack but there's always been a different set of rules. They're just being expanded to the social media generation. But the second you try to defraud a company for any reason you can expect a lifetime ban.