Enshittification

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From a Lufthansa mail titled ”you are eligible for an upgrade" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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Just have to share this here because of how unbelievably tone-deaf it is.

I have an upcoming flight with Lufthansa, booked cheapest economy class. Now I get a mail that says I am eligible for an upgrade.

Correction, I am eligible to make an offer to maybe maybe get an upgrade. When I click that link I get to the page above in the screenshot where I can now choose an amount between 90 and 300-ish EUR per passenger, per flight, to maybe upgrade to business class.

Just look at the slider, it is almost hilarious that it says poor when you leave it at the low amounts. Is any other airline doing that?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I've seen this same email and UI from WestJet when I booked a flight over Christmas. Was incredibly insulted by it as well, especially by the Subject line making it sound like they're just upgrading you if you open the email.