southpaw1227

I'm 2/4 so far as a DM. Short-hauls have been okay, but I missed ATL-LAS and SLC-SJD by a huge margin.

I get the feeling that the recession is now fully over, and lower upgrade percentages are going to be the norm.

squatch

PM

last week 2/2

1/6 (delayed) - 1485 LGA-MCO at the window
1/9 - 997 MCO-LGA BFUG

however, this morning i was 15/52 on 2285 LGA-MCO! this is a flight that i had a nearly 100% success rate at the 5 day window all of last year. must be a DM convention in orlando this week!

there were a bunch of NYC-MCO schedule changes 1/1, including the removal of my usual 5.00pm-ish MCO-JFK flight. perhaps my success rate is about to plummet.

CMK10

Last minute rebooking on RDU-DTW (CR7) last Friday. Was booked in Full-Y and went to #1/9 on the upgrade list and cleared before boarding.

Guess that makes me 100% (1/1) on the year

sbjnyc

Flying LGA-MSP-LAS on an award flight on Wednesday. MSP-LAS cleared at the PM window. Unfortunately the first leg will be the first upgrade I missed since last Feb and I will probably be stuck in a middle seat to boot.

bcj1949

Rt msp/sfo. 1/2. (50%)

JohnRico

Last Week: 1/2
1/4 DEN-ATL booked in Q. No upgrade 767-400 EC Aisle, New metal ^
1/4 ATL-BWI booked in Q. Upgrade confirmed evening six days out
This Week: >= 1/2
1/8 BWI-ATL booked in U. Upgrade confirmed evening six days out
1/8 ATL-DEN booked in U. Wait listed

50-75% possible.

yyzjake

first trip of the year on DL

MSY-ATL booked in X missed by a ton (10 or so)
ATL-BUF booked in X cleared at the window

50%

tfc3rid

GM with Reserve Adding my info... 0/3 at the moment

1/13 -- Monday AM ATL-LAX, WFBF (A fare)
1/15 -- Wednesday night red eye LAX-DTW (V fare) 27/37 for 0 seats
1/16 -- Thursday am DTW-PBI (V fare) 12/22 for 3 seats
1/16 -- Thursday 130 pm PBI-ATL (X fare) 6/17 for 6 seats. SHENA showed up after I waited to board...

timmy83

UG luck through ATL looking poor. Missed both UGs this morning/afternoon. Not surprised about ATL-BDL, but the STL-ATL was about a 50/50 route for me as a GM. I'm guessing the cancellation of the 655 MSP flight spilled into ours...

tartetatin2

DM, no Reserve Card, 15/20

1/11 SEA-LAX #2449 in X UG to F at T-5
1/11 LAX-JFK #1162 in V UG to BE at gate (barely)
1/12 JFK-SEA #440 in V UG to BE T-3 (and a Porsche transfer)

1/18 SEA-LAX #2449 in X UG to F T-6
1/18 LAX-JFK #1162 in V UG to BE at gate (6/23 open seats in 26 seat cabin!)
1/19 JFK-SEA #440 in V UG to BE at T-5

1/25 SEA-LAX #4564 in V UG to F T-5
1/25 LAX-SLC #1606 in X UG at gate, 4th for 4 seats
2/2 SLC-LAX #2204 in T UG T-1 (aircraft change to 767 helped)
2/2 LAX-SEA #2409 in V UG T-5

2/8 SEA-LAX #2449 in V UG T-5
2/8 LAX-JFK #1162 in X UG at gate, #4 for 21 open lay flats
2/9 JFK-SEA #440 in V UG T-6 So sad, end of BE UG opportunities

2/14 SEA-ATL #1598 in K No UG. I blame all the WX two days earlier
2/14 ATL-VPS #2518 in K No UG
2/18 VPS-ATL #2517 in K UG T-3
2/18 ATL-SEA #2368 in K No UG for me, #23 of 77 for one seat on an A330 with BE lie flats

3/7 SEA-MSP #2314 in X Nope
3/7 MSP-GRR #3495 in X UG at T-2hours
3/10 GRR-DTW #1969 in X Nope
3/10 DTW-SEA #2423 in X Nope, 6/67 for 2 seats

sethb

Nice that they offer Porsche transfers on mileage runs.

padirescu

Lower it seems. I hope it's just with the overlap of status through Feb but I'm seeing much fewer upgrades then 2013 so far.

DM - DL Reserve Card
1/6 - PBI-ATL - (S Fare) - #2 at gate 0 seats
1/6 - ATL-IAD - (S Fare) - Upgrade at 5 day window
1/8 - IAD-ATL - (V Fare) - Upgrade at 5 day window
1/8 - ATL-PBI - (V Fare) - #3 at gate 1 seat
1/14 - PBI-ATL - (U Fare) - Upgrade at gate #1 with 3 seats
1/14 - ATL-CLT - (U Fare) - Upgrade at 5 day window
1/16 - CLT-ATL - (B Fare) - #4 at gate 1 seat
1/16 - ATL-IAD - (B Fare) - #3 at gate 1 seat

Last year I was >90% upgraded but then again I booked my routes based on EF upgrade inventory where possible. Now that I can't see available inventory it seems my percentages will go down.

wizzy

DM

Total Eligible Flights 61
Total Upgraded Flights 46
Upgrade Percentage 75.41% (up from 57% as of 4/30)

Week Date Fare From To Aircraft Upgraded When If No, Number on List/comments
Mon 1/6/2014 T Dtw Bos A319 No 5
Thu 1/9/2014 Q Bos Dtw A320 No 5
Thu 1/9/2014 Q Dtw Grr A319 No 4
Mon 1/13/2014 Q Dtw Bos A320 Yes 4 days Thu 1/16/2014 T Bos Dtw A320 No 17
Thu 1/16/2014 T Dtw Grr A319 No 8
Mon 1/20/2014 M Grr Dtw A319 Yes 5 days Mon 1/20/2014 M Dtw Bos A319 Yes 5 days Thu 1/23/2014 S BOS DTW A320 Yes 5 days Mon 1/27/2014 K DTW BOS A320 Yes 4 days Thu 1/30/2014 Q Bos Dtw A320 No 9
Mon 2/3/2014 K Grr dtw CRJ900 Yes At gate Mon 2/3/2014 K dtw bos A319 Yes 1 day Thu 2/6/2014 H BOS DTW A320 No 5
Thu 2/6/2014 H Dtw GRR A319 No 10
Mon 2/10/2014 H GRR DTW Crj900 No 3
Mon 2/10/2014 H DTW BOS A319 Yes 5 days Thu 2/13/2014 H BOS DTW A320 No 3
Thu 2/13/2014 H DTW GRR A319 No 9
Mon 2/17/2014 K GRR DTW Crj900 Yes At gate 9/12 seats available 12 hours out
Mon 2/17/2014 K DTW BOS A319 Yes 5 days Presidents day
Thu 2/20/2014 H BOS DTW A319 No 4
Thu 2/20/2014 H DTW GRR A320 No 6
Mon 3/3/2014 Q Grr Dtw Crj900 No 2
Mon 3/3/2014 Q Dtw Bos A320 No 1
Thu 3/6/2014 X BOS DTW A320 No 3
Thu 3/6/2014 X DTW GRR A320 No 17
Mon 3/10/2014 X GRR DTW CRJ900 Yes At gate Mon 3/10/2014 X DTW BOS A320 Yes 5 days Thu 3/13/2014 Q BOS DTW A320 No 4
Thu 3/13/2014 Q DTW GRR A320 No 9
Mon 3/17/2014 K GRR DTW CRJ900 Yes At gate Mon 3/17/2014 K DTW BOS A320 Yes At gate Wed 3/19/2014 X BOS DTW A320 No 5
Wed 3/19/2014 X DTW GRR A320 No 10
Mon 3/24/2014 S GRR DTW CRJ700 Yes 4 days Mon 3/24/2014 S DTW BOS A320 Yes 5 days Thu 3/27/2014 V BOS CVG 737 Thu 3/27/2014 V CVG GRR CRJ900 6 days Mon 3/31/2014 Q GRR DTW CRJ700 Yes 1 day IRROP, upgrade cleared immediately on new flight
Mon 3/31/2014 Q DTW BOS A320 Yes 1 day IRROP, upgrade cleared immediately on new flight
Thu 4/3/2014 S BOS DTW 757 Yes 1 day Purchased ticket 1 day out
Thu 4/3/2014 S DTW GRR A320 yes 0 days Purchased ticket 1 day out
Mon 4/7/2014 H GRR DTW E175 Yes At gate Mon 4/7/2014 H DTW BOS A320 Yes 5 days Thu 4/10/2014 M BOS DTW 757 Yes 5 days Thu 4/10/2014 M DTW GRR A320 No 11
Mon 4/14/2014 X GRR DTW E175 Yes 5 days Mon 4/14/2014 X DTW BOS A319 Yes 5 days Thu 4/17/2014 H BOS DTW 757 Yes 5 days Thu 4/17/2014 H DTW GRR A320 No 2
Mon 4/21/2014 K GRR DTW E175 Yes 5 days Mon 4/21/2014 K DTW BOS 757 No Originally upgraded on A320, IRROP/flight change led to #3 on list for 757
Thu 4/24/2014 U BOS DTW Yes 4 days Thu 4/24/2014 T DTW GRR No 8
Mon 4/28/2014 H GRR DTW E175 Yes Mon 4/28/2014 H DTW BOS Yes 2 days Thu 5/1/2014 S BOS DTW 757 Yes 6 days Thu 5/1/2014 S DTW GRR Crj900 No 5
Mon 5/5/2014 U GRR DTW E175 Yes At gate Mon 5/5/2014 U DTW BOS 737 Yes 6 days Thu 5/8/2014 Q BOS DTW 757 Yes 6 days Thu 5/8/2014 Q DTW GRR A320 No 7
Mon 5/12/2014 H GRR DTW yes 6 days Mon 5/12/2014 H DTW BOS Yes 6 days Thu 5/15/2014 H BOS DTW Yes 3 days Thu 5/15/2014 H DTW GRR Yes 3 days Mon 5/19/2014 GRR DTW Yes At gate Mon 5/19/2014 DTW BOS Yes 3 days Thu 5/22/2014 BOS DTW Yes 6 days Thu 5/22/2014 M DTW GRR No 6
Tue 5/27/2014 GRR DTW Yes At gate Tue 5/27/2014 DTW BOS 737 No 1
Thu 5/29/2014 BOS DTW Yes 6 days Thu 5/29/2014 DTW GRR Yes 3 days Mon 6/2/2014 GRR DTW Yes 3 days Mon 6/2/2014 DTW BOS Yes 6 days

NYCflip

eligible flights only-
PM:
4/4 100%
1/12 LGA-ATL L 75x UG at gate #7 of 29 for 7 seats
1/12 ATL-FSD L CR9 UG at window
1/15 FSD-ATL L CR9 UG at window
1/15 ATL-LGA L 752 UG at window

GM:
13/30 43%
(3/22-3/25 award tix bought the night before the flight)
3/22 LGA-MSP N no upgrade
3/22 MSP-FSD N upgraded at gate
3/25 FSD-MSP N no upgrade
3/25 MSP-JFK N no upgrade
4/26 LGA-MSP 752 U upgrade at window
4/26 MSP-FSD CR7 U upgrade at gate #2 of 12 for 3 seats
4/28 FSD-MSP T no upgrade #11 of 22 for 0 seats
4/28 MSP-LGA T no upgrade #14 of 24 for 2 seats
(7/11-7/13 bought tix the day before the flight)
7/11 JFK-ATL U 752 upgrade T-12hr
7/11 ATL-CAK U 717 no upgrade #6 of 10 for 3 seats
7/13 CAK-DTW U CR9 upgrade T-2
7/13 DTW-LGA U MD88 upgrade at gate
8/18 JFK-SLC U 752 no upgrade
9/3 SLC-JFK U 738 no upgrade #4 of 6 for 0 seats
9/19 LGA-ATL V 739 no upgrade #49 of 63 for 3 seats
9/19 ATL-OMA V MD88 upgrade at window
9/22 OMA-ATL V MD88 no upgrade #12 of 18 for 3 seats
9/22 ATL-LGA V MD90 no upgrade #51 of 69 for 0 seats
10/10 LGA-ORD V ERJ175 upgrade at gate
10/13 ORD-LGA V ERJ170 upgrade at gate #3 or 8 for 4 seats
10/24 JFK-DCA V CR9 upgrade at window
10/27 DCA-CVG V CR9 upgrade T-48hr
10/27 CVG-JFK V CR9 upgrade at window
11/21 JFK-ATL T a320 no upgrade #7 of 15 for 0 seats
11/21 ATL-MSP T MD88 no upgrade #12 of 25 for 0 seats
11/24 MSP-ATL T MD88 no upgrade #11 of 25 for 0 seats
11/24 ATL-JFK T MD90 no upgrade #1 of 9 for 0 seats
12/4 JFK-ATL X MD88 no upgrade #12 of 23 for 0 seats
12/4 ATL-LAS X 753 no upgrade #23 of 33 for 0 seats
12/6 LAS-LAX X CR9 upgrade at window

PM (again):
3/4 75%
(12/16-12/18 award tix bought 2 days prior to departure)
12/16 JFK-MSP N MD88 no upgrade #2 of 10 for 1 seat
12/16 MSP-FSD N CR9 upgraded at gate
12/18 FSD-ATL N CR9 upgraded at gate
12/18 ATL-JFK N 76Z upgraded at gate

baccarat_king

Checked yesterday, and was able to re-ticket my M-fare to a Z-fare, with a credit of over 300€. Changed the outbound slightly, but I now arrive in Boston about an hour earlier (which is great for this trip).

AMS-LHR-BOS-AMS, rebooked in "Z," so, no more "worries" about the upgrade clearing (outbound), extra EQMs, and I saved some SWUs.

Unfortunately, the AMS-BOS outbound was not available as a (new) reduced price Z-fare; and it was filling up very nicely, so while I still expected the upgrade to clear day of departure; was more than happy to confirm myself in BusinessElite.

My issue with the SWU day of departure clearance is that I would need to arrive at the Schiphol early, which is very inconvenient. I travel to Boston with no checked bags; so with Privium (which hardly matters) and an electronic boarding pass, I have no reason to arrive more than 1 hour before departure (unless, of course, I need to "CHASE" an SWU day of departure!)