Originally Posted by
letsfly
So I'm not an airline guy, but I was surprised at my wife's text about her Salt Lake to SFO flight about 30 minutes ago. She was standing near the check-in counter and there were a few FA's asking and eventually upgrading to first class. Is this normal for aircrew to take first class instead of giving them to customers? I thought a complimentary upgrade would be good for business? Just asking, not sure how it works.
I jump seated on NWA gum-lax and back. I got first class 2 out 3 flights. The flights were pretty full (except gum-nrt).
LAX-NRT there was a DAL FA who got first class along with me. I do not work for NWA or DAL. It was very nice for the crew to let me ride along and put me up front.