I have a friend flying on a dreaded 757 in paid coach(discount). I want to use 20,000 miles to upgrade him and called to do this. There are no upgradeable seats, which I expected, and only 2 left to sell. So, right off the bat I know it's not looking good. But the agent wouldn't even waitlist him. Is that normal? I thought at the minimum he could be waitlisted. Since I'll be with him, can we still request the upgrade at the airport on day of departure? I fully understand that there will probably be preferreds ahead of him, but I just want to understand the process for waitlisting an upgrade using miles.

I have a friend flying on a dreaded 757 in paid coach(discount). I want to use 20,000 miles to upgrade him and called to do this. There are no upgradeable seats, which I expected, and only 2 left to sell. So, right off the bat I know it's not looking good. But the agent wouldn't even waitlist him. Is that normal? I thought at the minimum he could be waitlisted. Since I'll be with him, can we still request the upgrade at the airport on day of departure? I fully understand that there will probably be preferreds ahead of him, but I just want to understand the process for waitlisting an upgrade using miles.I know you can give miles to someone for an award ticket. But can you use miles to upgrade someone else?

I know you can give miles to someone for an award ticket. But can you use miles to upgrade someone else?

I have used my miles to upgrade family members and have never had a problem.

I know you can give miles to someone for an award ticket. But can you use miles to upgrade someone else?


Yes, I've done it many times. Can't answer the part about the waitlist though.