Self Upgrade

[Nick C]

A relative had a similar experience on SQ221 ex-SYD on the 388. Meals were being served in why when my relative saw 2 FS and 1 CS escorting an Indian passenger (visualise: gelled hair & bollywood sunglasses) from J to Y. Apparently the joker had plonked himself into an empty J seat after takeoff without the crew noticing and they only discovered it when they were serving the meals in J. Anyway, airport police were waiting for the joker upon arrival in SIN.

[StarG]

Anyway, airport police were waiting for the joker upon arrival in SIN.

Wow... didn't expect this to involve airport police etc. unless the pax refused to comply.

[GoldenPigeon]

on garuda indonesia flights..if there is an empty j seat....you can try ask the flight attandant to transfer from Y to J

[trekkie]

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[B727]

I wonder if these folks know that the flight attendants have a passenger manifest to see who's booked in which seat, especially in the premium cabins?

[stargold]

I wonder if these folks know that the flight attendants have a passenger manifest to see who's booked in which seat, especially in the premium cabins?

More importantly, SQ and some other airlines want to call you by your name even in J, so it's even more obvious when you self-upgrade into F or C!


"Good morning Mr..... oh, Mr. Economy Class!"

[SQFM]

Interestingly, I had an experience of the other way round (not SQ though). One staff thought I helped myself to a 2-cabin business class. Basically, I moved from the back cabin to the front cabin after informing one of the crew (obviously no communication between staff). That inflexible staff requested me to move back and was waiting for me to take my belonging. I was given a nasty look by passengers around me (they really thought I plonked into business class seat). By then, the crew member in charged of the aircraft realised what was happening, she apologised profusely and saved me from moving my stuff.

[Mr H]

Off topic, perhaps, but there is a widely held misconception in the UK that on a train (our trains have first class and standard class) that if there are no free seats in standard class then you may use a first class one.