timmy83

After a 1/4 start to the year for UGs, I've hit a nice stride of 9/9 eligible in the past couple of weeks (3 segments upcoming). Enjoying PM status

aww3583

GM rolled over 12k miles and I have 33k MQM currently.

Date; Route; Upgrade Position/Total # On List

1/6/2014 RDU-LAX 38/54
1/10/2014 SNA-ATL 59/82
1/10/2014 ATL-RDU 51/75
1/13/2014 RDU-LAX 41/61
1/17/2014 SNA-ATL 70/94
1/17/2014 ATL-RDU 38/64
1/27/2014 RDU-LAX 25/41
1/31/2014 SNA-ATL 68/85
1/31/2014 ATL-RDU 21/63
2/3/2014 RDU-LAX 29/57
2/7/2014 SNA-ATL 81/102
2/7/2014 ATL-RDU 31/65

timmy83

Looks pretty brutal for you so far this year. Thanks for the data, and I hope the rest of your year improves!

zoo260

Close to zero percent as GM on NYC-MCO. Used to be 90% as recently as 6 months ago. Complete FCM on this route. I now sit in the first row of EC and get to watch the snack basket service in F on the 3pm LGA-MCO run. As an added bonus I have to hit the MQD target to maintain this "status".

Mishap

At least you get EC. I haven't even been able to land an EC seat this year. Checking seat maps compulsively has only gotten me out of center seats to the wonderful row behind EC where the extra EC recline but shortened pitch means I can smell people's shampoo (or lack thereof). I flew Sunday on a 772 ATL-LAX and was #16 out of ~85 (DM on Q fare) w/ 1 seat left out of 36. When I checked 3 days out there were ~14 seats in FC left which fell to 3 by check in. Then I checked the pricing and FC seats were $100 more one way.

Good to know Delta would rather clear that $100 than upgrade a few DMs. Thought flying weekends was supposed to help my upgrade percentage.

baccarat_king

But, why bothering fighting it.

They way I see it; there is way more time spent complaining about these things; when we all know the situation (and obviously this has been discussed over and over and over again on FlyerTalk.. so everyone is super-duper clear about the concept of FCM and how Delta operates)

There are basically two choices :

(a) Stop flying Delta and/or become loyal to another airline that will treat you better

or (b) Just purchase the damn First Class (FCM) fare on these routes, and be done with it.

Delta has made it very clear what their goals and objectives are.
You, as a customer, have a choice.

comments like :
make absolutely NO SENSE, when you are a knowledgeable and informed FlyerTalker. Vote with your $ and €s!

Zamees

First GM upgrade of the year (took a Y fare on a rare route), is this a sign of things to come? Upgraded 12 hours prior to flight out of JFK this afternoon, currently heavy snow storm, thinking upgrade = better odds it'll be cancelled.

Inbound leaves in 40 mins, GL me.
1/8 on the year

RussAgnes

2/6 So far. Really need to get a new RW job since I'm all but grounded at this point and fear I'll drop and lose status this coming year.

Lane412000

Missed upgrades in bold

Fare Upgrade When
Date Flight Depart Arrive Type Yes No upgraded
1/6/2014 377 MSY ATL V 1 3
1/6/2014 1056 ATL PHX X
1/10/2014 1446 PHX ATL T 1 1
1/10/2014 1293 ATL MSY T 1 5
1/14/2014 1970 MSY ATL K 1 5
1/14/2014 2143 ATL LAS K
1/17/2014 4598 LAS LAX Q 1
1/17/2014 1325 LAX MSY Q 1 5
1/27/2014 3467 MSY JFK Q 1 0
1/27/2014 2137 JFK SLC T 1 5
1/31/2014 1414 SLC LAX T 1 5
1/31/2014 1325 LAX MSY T
9 out of 12 75.00% January 2014

2/4/2014 1577 MSY LAX U 1 5
2/4/2014 2587 LAX LAS U
2/7/2014 1552 LAS LAX U 1 5
2/7/2014 80 LAX ATL H 1 0
2/7/2014 1305 ATL MSY H 1 0
2/10/2014 1549 MSY LAX T 1 3
2/10/2014 4501 LAX PHX T 1 1
2/13/2014 4590 PHX LAX H 1 5
2/13/2014 2592 LAX MSY H
7 out of 9 77.78% February 2014
16 out of 21 76.19% YTD 2014

3/17/2014 4836 MSY SLC K 1 0
3/17/2014 2071 SLC PHX K 1 0
3/19/2014 972 PHX SLC S 1 1
3/21/2014 4496 SLC MSY S 1
3/23/2014 1549 MSY LAX Q 1
3/23/2014 4637 LAX PHX U 1 5
3/27/2014 2521 PHX ATL L 1
3/27/2014 1140 ATL MSY K 1 3
5 out of 8 for March 2014 62.5%
21 out of 29 72.41% YTD 2014

captiveguru

DM - 2/2 so far...

Tuesday 2/18/2014 MCO-ATL (1818) U fare- UG at window
Tuesday 2/18/2014 ATL-AUS (2066) U fare - UG at window

Mikey522

First ever upgrade being a gm
JFK to SJO class H
SJO to ATL class T

timmy83

Could you provide more details on the flights? What days of the week? What others have you missed as a GM?

Mikey522

My first flight as a GM

Flew out Tuesday afternoon first leg
Flow out Saturday afternoon second leg

CMK10

January:
Friday RDU-DTW CR7 (Y): Yes, At Gate

February:
Friday RDU-ATL M88 (V): No, 34 of 41
Friday ATL-MDW 320 (V): No, 18 of 18

March:
Saturday ORD-DTW E75 (V): Yes, ~T-36
Saturday DTW-RDU CR9 (V): No, 6 of 6

Yearly total: 40.00% (2/5)

I'm now Delta Status-Less (these were as a FO) so those will be my last stats this year unless I get back to status which is unlikely.

labjr1

As a platinum I started the year 7/10 (70%) but the last 8 flights have been 1/8 (12.5%) so I am now 8/18 for the year (44%). I have 6 flights next week and have only been granted upgrades on 1 thus far so I suspect my average will continue to decline. All flights have been weekday flights thus far.