All Nippon Airways Mileage Club - Any free upgrade on birthday?

Does anyone know whether there will be op-up on birthday if travelling on that date? Shall I remind the staff at the check-in counter?

Thanks for your advice

Does anyone know whether there will be op-up on birthday if travelling on that date? Shall I remind the staff at the check-in counter?

Thanks for your advice

Never heard of that on NH
Doesn't hurt to ask........

Does anyone know whether there will be op-up on birthday if travelling on that date? Shall I remind the staff at the check-in counter?

Thanks for your advice

No.

Given that in any random group of 100 people there is a 99.9997% chance that 2 will share a birthday then being simplistic one could suggest that in an aircraft carrying 300 there will almost certainly be more than 2 folks having their birthday on any given day..

I don't think routine birthday upgrades for 2,3,4 (?) people could be expected as a result...:D

The only thing one gets (that I've noticed so far) in relations to birthdays is as a AMC member, you will get an e-mail giving you a special promotion code for a fare discount through the ANA website.

Just got one of those a few days ago. A special gift of a 30 dollar discount.

No, unless you could prove to the satisfaction of the GA that you were born at the same hour, same minute, in the same time zone as the scheduled flight departure time.:D

Given that in any random group of 100 people there is a 99.9997% chance that 2 will share a birthday then being simplistic one could suggest that in an aircraft carrying 300 there will almost certainly be more than 2 folks having their birthday on any given day..

I don't think routine birthday upgrades for 2,3,4 (?) people could be expected as a result...:D

That's faulty math, but the conclusion is correct: no upgrades for you birthday on any airline that I know of.

Given that in any random group of 100 people there is a 99.9997% chance that 2 will share a birthday then being simplistic one could suggest that in an aircraft carrying 300 there will almost certainly be more than 2 folks having their birthday on any given day..

I don't think routine birthday upgrades for 2,3,4 (?) people could be expected as a result...:D

I think many people are flying home for their b.day, but try to avoid flyng on that spesific day.? So if a plane has 365 seats, I dont think that means that one person have b.day on that flight. I think less than that.

Yes, it seems that way doesn't it...

Try googling "same birthday" or any phrase like that..

The maths is quite fascinating... It only takes a group of 23 people to reach a 50% probability that two will share a birthday...:eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
Huh...

Quite odd that you don't need 365 people to match your own birthday. If I understand it correctly.

That's faulty math, but the conclusion is correct:
Yes...you can't apply the probability of any two people having the same birthday in a group with the probability that >1 person was born on a particular, specified day. That probability is lower.

Does anyone know whether there will be op-up on birthday if travelling on that date? Shall I remind the staff at the check-in counter?

Thanks for your advice

Of course you will get an op-up on your birthday if traveling on that date, but you must remind the gate agent (not the check-in agent) that it is your birthday and you would like your birthday op-up. It is often noisy in the gate area, so if they don't respond right away, it is likely that they did not hear you, so you should repeat in a louder voice.

That's faulty math, but the conclusion is correct: no upgrades for you birthday on any airline that I know of.
Actually, CX does upgrades on birthdays or anniversaries of membership quite frequently.

Of course you will get an op-up on your birthday if traveling on that date, but you must remind the gate agent (not the check-in agent) that it is your birthday and you would like your birthday op-up. It is often noisy in the gate area, so if they don't respond right away, it is likely that they did not hear you, so you should repeat in a louder voice.
:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
Huh...

Quite odd that you don't need 365 people to match your own birthday. If I understand it correctly.

Not really. Think about it from the other side. Let's just say that 364 random people walk onto the plane, and each has a different birthday. Does that mean that the 365th person's b-day MUST be on the remaining day? Of course not!

It's like rolling dice. You have a 1 in 6 chance of rolling the number five. The next time you roll, you still have a 1 in six chance.

Of course you will get an op-up on your birthday if traveling on that date, but you must remind the gate agent (not the check-in agent) that it is your birthday and you would like your birthday op-up. It is often noisy in the gate area, so if they don't respond right away, it is likely that they did not hear you, so you should repeat in a louder voice.

Maybe I would fly NH only on my birthday from now on to see how many upgrades I got, and come back to report. :D

If NH ever do that to someone who has no status whatsoever, not NH elite or even *G, then I would swire I would never fly NH again.

Quite odd that you don't need 365 people to match your own birthday. If I understand it correctly.

No; the probability of any given person sharing your birthday is the intuitive 1/365 answer. It's the probability that two people out of a group of a given size share the same birthday (i.e. not a particular date chosen before the experiment) that's unintuitive to many.

Economics 101, there is no such thing as a free upgrade on an Asian carrier.

In Asia I am frequently upgraded to a suite when I travel near my birthday at hotels, never been on a flight though. In Taiwan they even have a cake in the room for me if it falls within a couple of days of my stay. I might ask for a better seat, mention that you have to work (fly) on your birthday and wouldn't mind an exit row or something and hope for the best.

I might ask for a better seat, mention that you have to work (fly) on your birthday and wouldn't mind an exit row or something and hope for the best.

NH do go by the book for everything, even at the airport checkin, one cannot just release exit row or bulkhead that easy just for anyone, most of the time they actually have to call their manager or suprvisor, and say the reason for the release of those seats, like NH elite, *S, or *G. Birthday would not be one of the reason for those seats to be release unless one has status.

Economics 101, there is no such thing as a free upgrade on an Asian carrier.

Well put!^

Especially when that "free" upgrade is worth several thousand dollars.

Given that in any random group of 100 people there is a 99.9997% chance that 2 will share a birthday then being simplistic one could suggest that in an aircraft carrying 300 there will almost certainly be more than 2 folks having their birthday on any given day..

I don't think routine birthday upgrades for 2,3,4 (?) people could be expected as a result...:D

You must not have taken statistics in college...

Once, I was travelling on an award ticket on LH in J. When boarding the scanner bieeped and me and my Girlfriend were both bumped up to F. It was my Birthday.

Actually, I don't think so...
But never know! Just try to ask both at CHKN and GA.

By the way, if you are a *A elite and flying on a long-haul
NH flight, you should try to ask for a Premium Y seat.

Good luck, and

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D