Jan 20, 2016, 2:30 pm
Last edit by: dayone
Please post your upgrade successes & failures including:
Date
Route (Please bold if failure)
Flight Number
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K)
Add companion if there was one
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear
Date of ticket purchase
Examples:
Date
Route (Please bold if failure)
Flight Number
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K)
Add companion if there was one
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear
Date of ticket purchase
Examples:
2/2/15 BOS-PDX AS 35 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
8/1/15 DFW-SEA AS 665 MVPG Didn't clear 4/22 on waitlist
8/1/15 DFW-SEA AS 665 MVPG Didn't clear 4/22 on waitlist
I got/didn't get a MVP/GOLD/75K upgrade on AS (2016)
Jul 19, 2016, 11:42 pm
#466
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVPG75k, Marriott Gold, SPG
Posts: 108
Jul 22, 2016, 11:24 am
#467
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SFO, SJC
Programs: AS MVP 75K
Posts: 286
Sharing a data point. Avios Y award booked SJC-HNL for 2 pax, MVP + no status. At T-72, I asked AS rep to update my reservation with my MP number (from my BA number). At T-24, OLCI showed paid upgrade to F option, but listed me as 'complimentary.' Don't have EF, but seat map indicates coach isn't full.
Net, I paid $100 to upgrade my +1, which I think is a really good deal
(Pardon if it's not in the most appropriate thread.)
Net, I paid $100 to upgrade my +1, which I think is a really good deal
(Pardon if it's not in the most appropriate thread.)
Jul 22, 2016, 9:27 pm
#469
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Snohomish, WA
Programs: AS MVP Gold, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 2,793
7/22/16 SFO-SEA AS 337 MVPG Cleared at 10:03 the night before. Total surprise, woke up to blaring alert email from Concur that a major flight detail had changed.
Aw yeah.
Neil
Aw yeah.
Neil
Jul 22, 2016, 9:50 pm
#470
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Bonvoy Platinum, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,811
Man.. AS must be selling F fares really well on the SEA-LAS route. I knew it was a tough upgrade at times due to the reasonable F fares and it being Vegas after all... just didn't expect a fully sold out F cabin mid-week in the middle of the summer. Unless people cancel, looks like I'm going to be in the back.
Jul 25, 2016, 5:12 pm
#472
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Maui
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 199
As831 sea to Ogg
Originally supposed to fly out Saturday night (7/23) that upgrade had cleared Thursday. Girlfriend and I decided that with Darby hanging out in Hawaii we could extend the trip a few days. Called in to change on Friday night, and tonight's flight (7/25) was wide open in first. Got the upgrade as I rebooked. Hope someone scored on Saturday's flight!
Jul 26, 2016, 10:22 pm
#474
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Bonvoy Platinum, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,811
Man.. AS must be selling F fares really well on the SEA-LAS route. I knew it was a tough upgrade at times due to the reasonable F fares and it being Vegas after all... just didn't expect a fully sold out F cabin mid-week in the middle of the summer. Unless people cancel, looks like I'm going to be in the back.
Jul 31, 2016, 10:14 am
#476
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,639
7/31/2016 SEA-SNA AS510 MVPG Upgrade at ~40 hours
I was a little hesitant to give up 6A for 1C but too late now. Hoping a window opens up at some point today but not likely.
Edit: Success! 1A. But when I add my boarding pass to Apple Wallet, it keeps showing 1C. Not sure why it doesn't update
I was a little hesitant to give up 6A for 1C but too late now. Hoping a window opens up at some point today but not likely.
Edit: Success! 1A. But when I add my boarding pass to Apple Wallet, it keeps showing 1C. Not sure why it doesn't update
Last edited by ucdtim17; Jul 31, 2016 at 2:28 pm
Aug 7, 2016, 9:59 pm
#477
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Queens!
Programs: Alaska Mileage Plan, Marriott Bonvoy, NEXUS
Posts: 334
8/7/2016, JFK-SEA, AS7, MVPG. 2/7 for 0 seats. Weird thing is, I only booked yesterday...I thought MVPG had no advantage over MVP if you booked within the 48 hour MVP window.
Aug 15, 2016, 9:48 am
#478
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Gold; AS MVP Gold
Posts: 145
8/16/2016 SEA->SFO AS306 MVPG UG @ ~T-32 (4 of 8 upgraded from waitlist, plus 1 more from standby)
8/17/2016 SEA->SFO AS307 MVPG UG @ ~T-56
1st flight was a B fare and the return was a Q, but no U space at the time of booking ~1 week out.
As an aside ... how come I can never consistently get the "you've been upgraded!" emails from AS? In this case, for example, I woke up and checked the AS app to see if I had been upgraded, and I had ... with no assigned seats. So if I hadn't checked myself, I wouldn't have known (and perhaps could've missed out on a preferred seat as well).
Other times, I get the email right away, which is far more helpful.
8/17/2016 SEA->SFO AS307 MVPG UG @ ~T-56
1st flight was a B fare and the return was a Q, but no U space at the time of booking ~1 week out.
As an aside ... how come I can never consistently get the "you've been upgraded!" emails from AS? In this case, for example, I woke up and checked the AS app to see if I had been upgraded, and I had ... with no assigned seats. So if I hadn't checked myself, I wouldn't have known (and perhaps could've missed out on a preferred seat as well).
Other times, I get the email right away, which is far more helpful.
Last edited by martonikaj; Aug 16, 2016 at 12:51 pm
Aug 15, 2016, 9:50 am
#479
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,642
Aug 15, 2016, 3:47 pm
#480
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SEA, SFO, formerly ANC
Programs: AS 1MM/MVPG, AS Lounge, DL SkyClub (Life), Hertz 5* -- AA, DL, UA
Posts: 124
Upgrade e-mails
Good question. E-mails used to be regular (after they stopped the phone calls about upgrades), but for some while no sign of them. I always check my res within 72 hrs of departure.
Also, I was not always aware you HAVE to check in before your name will show up in the queue.
All these little tweaks - hard to keep track of.
Also, I was not always aware you HAVE to check in before your name will show up in the queue.
All these little tweaks - hard to keep track of.