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26 Ways to Get Upgraded on a Flight

First class is the Holy Grail of air travel, and, especially on international flights, for good reason. Back in the halcyon years of air travel, it was sometimes possible to get an upgrade to first class just by asking the flight attendant nicely, or at least that's how we want to remember it. Nowadays that's no longer the caseâ€”in fact, flight attendants are strictly forbidden from moving a passenger without the permission of a supervisor on the ground or, in case of emergency, the pilot. Now there's no fool-proof way to get an upgradeâ€”apart from paying for oneâ€”but there are still way...