Don’t believe in upgrades…why should i pay $5000 for a business class fare when some one who has paid $1800 for his economy fare gets upgraded and then gets the same options as me….you get what you pay for in this world

Yes, but you could equally argue that the issue wouldn’t arise if airlines filled up their biz class cabins!

Their pricing mechanism, by effectively allowing cabin arbitrage, prices this in to your $5000 ticket.