A Quantum Diaries Survivor

Yesterday I spent some lines here describing how I shoot for a business class upgrade with Lufthansa, when I fly back and forth across the Atlantic.

Well… It did work today. I am comfortably seated on a business class seat on the Munich-Chicago flight, and I sure enjoy the ride. I did, as I was suggesting earlier, arrive late - and unhurriedly - at the gate, and I did show my card with as good a smile as I could put up. And I was rewarded with a business class seat.

However, I have to say the whole strategy might just be some kind of cargo-cult science. The system just upgrades those frequent flyers who have best rating, when the economy class is overbooked… Sure, there are instances when they will upgrade you manually if they have trouble with seat assignments, but mostly now things work automatically.

Anyway, I am happy of the outcome. And I am surfing the web with the wireless service Lufthansa provides (not for free unfortunately, but admittedly a rate of three USD per hour (27$ for the entire flight) is not too steep. Thanks Lufthansa!