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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh and be nice and charming if something doesn’t go your way. The old adage of attracting flies with honey. I’ve been upgraded numerous times simply by being kind to the desk agent at hotels or airlines [/quote]

Yeah that's not a thing anymore with airlines.[/quote]

Yeah, that hasn't been a thing since 1973. [/quote]

It worked for me about 10 years ago without trying.  I was flying Etihad within South America.  DH and I had a really long layover in Brazil and we were sitting nicely in the waiting area for like 10 hours.  At some point I recall chatting with the gate agents who were also just kind of hanging around.  Around hour 8 they called us up and offered us an upgrade for our flight from Brazil to Buenos Aires.  Short flight, but that first class experience was awesome![/quote]

If you weren't "trying" it didn't "work for you." [/quote]

? The op above just suggested being nice as a travel tip, that it sometimes results in upgrades. Nothing about "trying" for an upgrade. Pps said airlines no longer randomly give upgrades just bc someone was nice. I cited a somewhat recent experience where they had.

No upgrades for you with that attitude![/quote]

This all seems dubious. Etihad in South America?[/quote]

There are random routes like this all of the world called "Fifth freedom". Basically an airline can tag on another route to the end of an existing round trip to their home country, so for Etihad it probably was something like Abu Dhabi - Rio - Buenos Aires - Rio - Abu Dhabi but you can book the flights within South America separately. Same reason you can fly United from Hong Kong - Bangkok or Tokyo - Ulanbaatar. [/quote]

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