Upgraded: Beds. LEVITATING beds.
Don’t expect the magnetic-levitating bed, inspired by the monolith in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” at your local Econolodge. Or Westin, for that matter. And apparently, the bed is problematic for those with multiple piercings. Yow!

Upgraded: Charter airlines
European charter airlines like Thomsonfly and First Choice, famous for their tight seat pitch, are changing their ways. They’re taking out rows and putting in a premium economy section. It’ll cost you, of course, but it’s an option.

Upgraded: Hotel bars. Downgraded: Your wallet.
Better music, snacks, decor, etc. But if by upgrade, you mean $20 cocktails and $300 pots of tea, count me out. $300. For tea. A pot of it. $300.

Upgraded: Worldwide supply of military theme parks
Previous count: zero. Soon: one. The Pentagon is officially sanctioning a military theme park in Fairfax County, Virginia. The park will feature rides where you “can command the latest M-1 tank, feel the rush of a paratrooper freefall, fly a Cobra Gunship or defend your B-17 as a waist gunner.” Grab a drink at the “1st Division Lounge” — which will probably not feature $300 pots of tea.
Update August 9: Downgrade it again. The Army says no-go to the military theme park.

Downgraded: The Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon, now with all the class of Niagara Falls! I know that it’s architecturally cool, and that it will likely be a really neat feeling to walk out onto a cantilevered glass bridge that arcs over the canyon, but putting a glass-and-steel structure on a natural wonder like that is tacky, tacky, tacky. (More info here.)