Extortion

So, I'm checking in to Continental.com for my flight back to Houston tomorrow. When I view my seat for the flight from Tokyo to Houston, there's an available business class seat upgrade. Given my curious nature, I click on the seat to at least see what they want for this upgrade.

Before I reveal the ask, allow me to provide some context. My round trip flight from Taipei to Houston is $1,200 American dollars.

These cats want 30,000 miles (the equivalent of ~4 Taipei to Houston round trip flights) AND $600 bucks.

Seriously? Man; I'll settle for row 42 in the aisle......