This way you upgrade to business class for free

amsterdam - The British writer Tilly Bagshawe has tips to get a free upgrade to business class seats on the plane.

According to the travel journalist, you only need two words to get your standard tickets for free to first class in a single telephone call.

And with that you get a sea of ​​legroom, other drinks and better food. Everyone would like to fly more luxuriously, only the difference itself has only a few left.

According to Bagshawe, luxury life begins with a phone call to the airline's customer service. 'To them you say the two magic words: 'revenue management'. That has always worked for me ', the writer explains to Business Insider. 'In concrete terms, you ask' whether revenue management is already releasing places in first class. ' '

Then you actually ask for the service that decides how many upgrades are given for a particular flight. They decide on that figure, while looking at what is best for their sales. Sometimes they decide to shift people to first-class, so that there are places in economy that are often easier to sell. In this way they do everything they can to fill as many chairs as possible, according to Het Nieuwsblad.

By reporting this term on the phone, you indicate that you have knowledge and that you know that such places are being released. 'If they drop you off and say that no places have yet been released, then you have to check it again', the author gives as a tip. 'Is it still a 'no'? Ask them to directly connect you with 'revenue management' and check it with the service itself. If they also say that this is not the case, then you can certainly ask why. '

'If the flight is already full: you are unlucky. Better luck next time. But if the airline still has seats available, you can ask them to the man: 'Why do not you release the upgrades, if there are so many places?' At the end of the conversation there is a good chance that there will be a chair for you is released in first class '.

Both KLM and American Airlines, she said she got an upgrade every time. Completely free. 'Once they called me the next day only to say that one was released. But until now it has always been 100% successful! '