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)
Sep 20, 2016, 11:31 pm
#527
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,358
9/20 AS440 SEA-LAX -- 2 of 7 for 1 seat (full disclosure: this was the 0900 flight; I SDCd from the 0605 flight last night, so was actually expecting to be something like 11 of 28 for at most 2 seats ... but I'm not complaining, since I was able to select 6A when I called for the SDC)
Sep 23, 2016, 9:43 am
#529
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
9/8 PDX-PHX 940a departure: UG @ 120 hr. Of course, the system didn't assign me a seat, so when I checked in, I was in 1A. Not sure why it didn't auto-assign a seat when the upgrade processed. 
9/19 LAX-PDX 340p departure: UG @ 120 hr. No seat assigned again, but I caught it early enough to not be wedged into 1A.
9/21 PDX-LAS 9p departure: UG @ 120 hr.
9/19 LAX-PDX 340p departure: UG @ 120 hr. No seat assigned again, but I caught it early enough to not be wedged into 1A.
9/21 PDX-LAS 9p departure: UG @ 120 hr.
Sep 23, 2016, 9:55 am
#530
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Queens!
Programs: Alaska Mileage Plan, Marriott Bonvoy, NEXUS
Posts: 334
9/23 EWR-SEA AS 11 Glitch (not on list despite app saying waitlisted) out of 54 for 0 seats. (Flight has been 0F for a while now.) And the flight is already delayed due to WX...fun.
Sep 23, 2016, 3:26 pm
#531
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Had a failure on 9/5/16 AS718 SEA-BWI. Full flight too 
Sep 23, 2016, 11:15 pm
#532
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SEA
Programs: DL Plat, AS MVPG, Bonvoy Plat/LT Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,260
9/22, AS675 DEN-SEA 6:45pm. I upfared to a cheap P fare 6-8 weeks ago as this is usually a tough upgrade. 65 on waitlist, none cleared. I saw the manifest and it appeared only two in F were MVP+, myself included.
Sep 24, 2016, 12:02 am
#533
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Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Sep 24, 2016, 10:58 am
#534
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,151
This is interesting that there are so many on the upgrade list out of DEN recently. Wed 9/14 AS675, I was 6 out of 51. Up until recently I was always upgraded and usually at 120 window.
Sep 24, 2016, 5:18 pm
#535
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,358
Sep 24, 2016, 6:30 pm
#536
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
9/17 AS434 PDX-LAX upgrade at window, was able to snag OLCI seat for my wife at T-24. Went out with one empty and one on the wait list. FA moved waitlist up once in the air to get out on time.
Woman across the aisle flagged down the FA right before departure with a story about her friend was reaccomdated onto this flight in coach from F on another flight. FA handled it well, I thought. Told her they'd see what they could do, emphasized contacting Customer Service to make it right, and after checking with the GA, apologized that they only had one empty F seat and they had to follow the formal upgrade policy.
9/24 AS479 LAX-SEA, another apparent upgrade at MVP window but got stuck and had to call Reservations. Snagged seat for wife at T-24 OLCI. Went out full with one on the waitlist.
Woman across the aisle flagged down the FA right before departure with a story about her friend was reaccomdated onto this flight in coach from F on another flight. FA handled it well, I thought. Told her they'd see what they could do, emphasized contacting Customer Service to make it right, and after checking with the GA, apologized that they only had one empty F seat and they had to follow the formal upgrade policy.
9/24 AS479 LAX-SEA, another apparent upgrade at MVP window but got stuck and had to call Reservations. Snagged seat for wife at T-24 OLCI. Went out full with one on the waitlist.
Last edited by rustykettel; Sep 25, 2016 at 9:48 pm
Sep 25, 2016, 1:29 pm
#537
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Boise
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K + BR, TSA Pre-√, IHG Spire, Marriott Platinum Elite
Posts: 50
9/25 flight 4/22. Number 1 on wait list out of 21, Seattle to Vegas. First checked in full (16 seats) as well as a full flight. No upgrade for me.
Any 75k's out there here's question that is always on my mind... When you book and chose to be put on the waitlist even though U space is available when you booked, do you ever wonder how most others get the upgrade?
I booked when F class was pretty much empty. Do that many, really pay for the upgrade when booking or use guest upgrades?
Any 75k's out there here's question that is always on my mind... When you book and chose to be put on the waitlist even though U space is available when you booked, do you ever wonder how most others get the upgrade?
I booked when F class was pretty much empty. Do that many, really pay for the upgrade when booking or use guest upgrades?
Sep 25, 2016, 4:25 pm
#538
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,381
Sep 25, 2016, 5:00 pm
#539
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Similar to what's happening to SEA-DEN above, I think. EUG-PDX-SEA-DEN has been about $100 OW over coach with EUG-PDX-SEA in S (50% COS bonus, sometimes catching PDX-SEA in P depending on schedule) and SEA-DEN in P (75% COS bonus, BR pass for PDX & SEA, early guaranteed F seat selection). What's not to like about that?
Sep 25, 2016, 5:42 pm
#540
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SEA
Programs: DL Plat, AS MVPG, Bonvoy Plat/LT Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,260
Similar to what's happening to SEA-DEN above, I think. EUG-PDX-SEA-DEN has been about $100 OW over coach with EUG-PDX-SEA in S (50% COS bonus, sometimes catching PDX-SEA in P depending on schedule) and SEA-DEN in P (75% COS bonus, BR pass for PDX & SEA, early guaranteed F seat selection). What's not to like about that?