<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumper @ Apr 17 2009, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
I got my &#39;paper&#39; pass on delta for the way home and imagine my surprise when the gate agent told me that it would be an additional 40 pounds if I wanted to ride &#39;upfront&#39; - Now my pass read Y/J, no one at pass travel warned me of this, nor was I told when I picked up my ticket in DTW, not even at the ticket counter at LHR - just at the gate!

The crew was nice enough to go ahead and place me up front without the extra, but still![/b]
I thought you were aware--it&#39;s levied at the gate for NR&#39;s--we have to pay it, too. If you pay in advance at counter, you don&#39;t get refund if you don&#39;t get biz. On rev pax it&#39;s already in the tkt. Oy! what&#39;s a few more quid when you&#39;re forking over a coupla grand....
You got lucky!