Flight attendant reveals ‘secret’ to get a ‘free upgrade’ to first class

A flight attendant has claimed there is a certain spot on the plane to sit if you want to get a “free upgrade” in a now viral clip.

Now this is some first class advice.

A flight attendant has shared her travel hacks to her 3.1 million followers, including when to snag the cheapest tickets and how to get upgraded to first class for free.

“First things first, if you want a cheap flight, look for flights on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,” Cierra Mist said in a viral TikTok. “That’s when they’ll be the cheapest.”

She also suggested using a VPN to hide your true location from the airlines’ websites – since they tend to price gouge if you’re based in the US, the NY Postreported.

“Normally if you’re looking in the United States, they’re going to jack those prices way up,” she added.

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Sitting in the last row, she said, is a sure way to get upgraded if the flight isn’t full. Picture: TikTok/CierraMistt

The best days to buy airline tickets are in the middle of the week, she added. Picture: TikTok/CierraMistt

“Airlines typically move passengers around for “weight and balance purposes,” Cierra continued, “so a sure way to secure a free, first class upgrade is to book your ticket in the very last row on the plane.

“If we do have to move people for weight and balance purposes, that’s where the flight attendant’s going to go.”

Cierra Mist, who has amassed millions of followers on TikTok, regularly shares her flight hacks as an attendant. Picture: TikTok/CierraMistt

But if choosing to sit in the last row – just in the hopes you’ll get upgraded – isn’t for you, she also revealed other methods of snagging a first class seat for free.

Being “nice to your gate agent,” she said, was one of the best ways to secure an upgrade.

“The miracles we can work when we’re given some Starbucks or a bag of chocolates,” she said. “Especially those long days when we have back-to-back flights and don’t even have time to go get some food.”

The clip has amassed 1.3 million views.

In other clips, she dishes some little-known secrets about the life of pilots and flight attendants and has even shared some hacks on how to join the mile-high club.

This article originally appeared on the NY Post and was reproduced with permission