Forum Ferreting: Wear a Suit Get an Upgrade?
A wedding dress and a bouquet may boost a coach couple to the lap of luxury (the same way a short skirt can get a girl nearly kicked off a plane), but the folks at Flyertalk wondered, what about the solo flyer? Can a fancy suit, a nice tie and some slicked-back hair send a non-elite traveler to the front of first class? According to one flight attendant, yes:
Sure, that's nice, but like one biz-class traveler says:I assure you that passengers wearing jackets and/or ties stand significantly higher chances of snagging the upgrade than someone in a T-shirt, shorts and baseball cap. It also helps if you can make the check-in agent smile. Nobody wants to upgrade the sloppy grouch who argues.
When I'm sitting up front, it's amazing how many guys wearing suits do the walk of shame thru F or J to the back of the bus. Doesn't always seem to work for them.
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