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		mech4bg on Jan 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, The... I did the minimum bid for me and my family and we got upgraded to business class with AirNZ, my brother had the same experience. It's not even close to retail, it's a nice way of letting you upgrade for cheap if they have the space.

knz on Jan 3, 2017 [–]

What route?

I suspect space is the main factor - I'm usually on LAX or IAH to AKl and it's almost always full.

mech4bg on Jan 4, 2017 | [–]

I tried on MEL->AKL. I think my brother was on AKL->SFO.

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