Thanks for your insight Ricky If anyone knows about flying in the current climate it's you.

I've had 2 upgrades to Business Class so far this year, so I'm not complaining

PAL - from HKG to MNL on a B747
Emirates - from DXB to HKG on a A380

Both were the proper Business Class seats that reclined into lay flat beds, not the slightly wider than economy seats variety that some airlines use. Emirates also gave me a nice bag of fancy Bulgari toiletries and some posh nosh