Here's How to Get a Business-Class Airline Seat Without the High Cost


Olde Hornet

Olde Hornet

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I am glad my days of being a global travel are about over. The fun time with frequent flyer miles is over.

http://fortune.com/2016/01/07/airline-upgrade-auctions/?xid=yahoo_fortune

Airlines are opting to try auctions as a way to bring in additional revenue rather than giving the seats away as free upgrades for frequent customers. Delta Airlines DAL -3.94% has made a push for this by using discounted fares and paid upgrades, upping the share of paying first-class fliers to 57% from 11% a few years earlier.
 

Another reason I am glad my international trips are almost over.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...ms-10-abreast-seating-some-its-777s/81519220/

As for United, the update to its 19 Boeing 777s – set to begin this May – will increase capacity to 364 seats, including 28 in business class and 336 in coach. That will be a 20-seat increase over the comparable domestic-configured 777s that United currently uses on the domestic routes from Hawaii.

As has been rumored, the coach-class layout will feature 10-abreast seating in a 3-4-3 configuration. Currently, United’s domestic-configured 777s seat nine across in coach in a 2-5-2 layout. United expects to have all 19 of the 777s scheduled to get the retrofit completed by May 2017.

United’s 777s that remain on international routes will continue to seat 9-across in coach. Those 55 aircraft have up to 269 seats total.
 
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