When as a silver will I appear on EUA list? At checkin?
Jan 11, 2010, 7:20 am
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When as a silver will I appear on EUA list? At checkin?
Dug through everywhere in the FAQ and in the forum and couldn't find the answer.
I'm flying CO35 IAH-DEN on Wednesday the 13, and this is my first flight as a CO elite!
We are at T-2ish right now and 2 upgrades have already cleared, and there is no one on the upgrade list.
When I check in at exactly at T-24, will I then appear on the list? If I was gold or plat, do you get to check in earlier to get on the EUA list?
I'm hoping I've got a pretty good shot at this with 10 seats up front still left. Birthday is on Thursday, so being upgraded on my first flight as elite sure would be nice!
I'm flying CO35 IAH-DEN on Wednesday the 13, and this is my first flight as a CO elite!
We are at T-2ish right now and 2 upgrades have already cleared, and there is no one on the upgrade list.
When I check in at exactly at T-24, will I then appear on the list? If I was gold or plat, do you get to check in earlier to get on the EUA list?
I'm hoping I've got a pretty good shot at this with 10 seats up front still left. Birthday is on Thursday, so being upgraded on my first flight as elite sure would be nice!
Jan 11, 2010, 7:27 am
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You will not show up on the upgrade standby list until you have checked in.
Jan 11, 2010, 7:27 am
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No one (regardless of status) gets to check in before T-24, and the EUA list should appear on the flight status page at that point. The 2 cleared upgrades were almost certainly people who used miles.
I flew the IAH-DEN route about 4 times last year, and didn't miss an upgrade once...good luck!
I flew the IAH-DEN route about 4 times last year, and didn't miss an upgrade once...good luck!
Jan 11, 2010, 7:45 am
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No one (regardless of status) gets to check in before T-24, and the EUA list should appear on the flight status page at that point. The 2 cleared upgrades were almost certainly people who used miles.
I flew the IAH-DEN route about 4 times last year, and didn't miss an upgrade once...good luck!
I flew the IAH-DEN route about 4 times last year, and didn't miss an upgrade once...good luck!
Jan 11, 2010, 8:19 am
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Gotcha! That all makes sense. The plane is pretty much full, so here's to hoping there are lots of non-elites 
Thanks for the help everybody. Can't wait to work my way up to gold or even platinum this year!
Thanks for the help everybody. Can't wait to work my way up to gold or even platinum this year!
Jan 11, 2010, 11:07 am
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Jan 11, 2010, 11:20 am
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Or Platinums who got their upgrades at T-5 , T-4 or T-3 or Golds at T-3.
They could also be B-Ups or M-Ups.
They could also be B-Ups or M-Ups.
Jan 11, 2010, 11:50 am
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No one (regardless of status) gets to check in before T-24, and the EUA list should appear on the flight status page at that point. The 2 cleared upgrades were almost certainly people who used miles.
I flew the IAH-DEN route about 4 times last year, and didn't miss an upgrade once...good luck!
I flew the IAH-DEN route about 4 times last year, and didn't miss an upgrade once...good luck!
Y, B, M up's and I believe mileage and/or mileage+copay (for nonelites) no longer show up as upgraded.
Jan 11, 2010, 12:04 pm
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Jan 11, 2010, 12:26 pm
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Plus you can check Managed Reservations on CO.com and if upgraded - your flight class will show as R.
PDA starts two days before flight date.
Silver upgrades only show/clear at T-24 hours - regardless of when they check in. A Silver can check in for 2nd segment more than 24 hours before - and will be added to the upgrade list - but it would clear until T-24 if at all. It used to be possible - but no longer - that if a silver checked in the 2nd segment might have cleared if upgrade inventory was available (and beat a Plat) but CO fixed that.
PDA starts two days before flight date.
Silver upgrades only show/clear at T-24 hours - regardless of when they check in. A Silver can check in for 2nd segment more than 24 hours before - and will be added to the upgrade list - but it would clear until T-24 if at all. It used to be possible - but no longer - that if a silver checked in the 2nd segment might have cleared if upgrade inventory was available (and beat a Plat) but CO fixed that.
Jan 11, 2010, 8:38 pm
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Upgrade Standby List*:
<names> or
No customers currently standing by
* This list only includes upgrade-eligible customers that have checked in for this flight
I'm not sure how CO could make it any clearer or put it in any more logical a place.
Jan 11, 2010, 9:07 pm
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There is no EUA list. The list you refer to will only show passengers on the upgrade standby list after they check-in. There is no way to determine where you are on the EUA list prior to check-in. Platinums can be upgraded by EUA at T-5, Golds at T-3 and Sivers at T-1. If you are not automatically upgraded by EUA prior to check-in, you will be added to the standby and will show up on the list.
Jan 11, 2010, 9:16 pm
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There is no EUA list. The list you refer to will only show passengers on the upgrade standby list after they check-in. There is no way to determine where you are on the EUA list prior to check-in. Platinums can be upgraded by EUA at T-5, Golds at T-3 and Sivers at T-1. If you are not automatically upgraded by EUA prior to check-in, you will be added to the standby and will show up on the list.
This is correct, and to build on it further, I don't think there even is an EUA list. EUA just looks at the flight and does its thing according to the assigned priorities. There's no upgrade request list a la DL or UA.
Jan 12, 2010, 8:12 am
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