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Premier Pain Roll Call (who has worst upgrade stats?)

Premier Pain Roll Call (who has worst upgrade stats?)

Old Dec 29, 2011, 12:57 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
I had a pretty terrible year as a 2P.

UA/CO Upgrade Eligible Flights: 30
UA/CO Upgrades Through UDU: 5

Great Percentage at 16%

The flights weren't even anything special either:
UA E70 IAD-RDU
UA 757 SFO-DEN
UA CR7 RDU-ORD
UA 757 ORD-IAD
UA 320 IAD-RDU

The last two were on Y-Fare rebookings too, so my real stats are probably 3/28.
Ouch, but not surprising. Scary part is that it will soon become even harder to clear UDUs as a 2P. I fly to TPA a lot, which is a very elite-light destination, but other than that, I'm guessing that free upgrades will basically be a thing of the past for us come March. Gotta stretch a bit more and hit Gold this year, I guess.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 1:09 pm
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Things should only get better...

As a 2P on UA/CO UDU Eligible Flights: 0/13 -> 13%
These were nearly all IAD-MEX-IAD or IAD-DEN-IAD. I almost cleared IAD-MEX a few times. My colleague cleared everytime as a 1P.

As a 1P on UA/CO UDU Eligible Flights: 7/14 -> 50%
Actually cleared an IAD-DEN segment. 4 clears were around Xmas and first class went out with open seats on 2/4 flights. Other 2 were IAH-SAP-IAH (incredibly easy).

Overall: 7/27 -> 25.9%
Improving and will hopefully get better when Premier Plat kicks in late Q1. I usually buy W/E/H/Q for work and the cheapest for personal travel. I only cleared on one work segment. The other 6 were personal on T/G.

Unsure what 2012 will hold for travel plans, but at least I'm not starting from scratch this year.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 1:29 pm
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Originally Posted by zcat18
Ouch, but not surprising. Scary part is that it will soon become even harder to clear UDUs as a 2P. I fly to TPA a lot, which is a very elite-light destination, but other than that, I'm guessing that free upgrades will basically be a thing of the past for us come March. Gotta stretch a bit more and hit Gold this year, I guess.
Don't I know it. That's the reason I did a MR to get to 1P at the end of the year when I was 4,300 EQMs short. I'm not going through an even worse year than this year. It was hard enough when I could get E+ up front. Plus, so many of the upgrades I missed I would have made as a 1P. Next year I should be at least at 50% based on my flying patterns.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 1:37 pm
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(All as a silver)

5/21 all on el cheapos
1/1 on eligible reward flights (SAP-IAH)

Upgrades were:
IAH-YVR
YVR-IAH (thanks CO.com specials!)
IAH-ORD (early early Sunday morning)
AUS-IAH (just got lucky I guess)
DEN-IAH (was early Sat. AM I think?)

Looking forward to a little better ratio as a gold next year!
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 1:41 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
Don't I know it. That's the reason I did a MR to get to 1P at the end of the year when I was 4,300 EQMs short. I'm not going through an even worse year than this year. It was hard enough when I could get E+ up front. Plus, so many of the upgrades I missed I would have made as a 1P. Next year I should be at least at 50% based on my flying patterns.
Nice! I hope to be right there with you next year.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 1:47 pm
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I have a friend who's a 1K not on FT who flies SFO-PHL on work-heavy days regularly. He reports upgrade rates of about 10%, so that sounds pretty terrible to me. Then again, he's not super savvy about flying. He's letting all but 1 of his SWU's expire this year (which upgraded me)...so sad.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 2:15 pm
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It's nice to see some honest replies in here, with just a couple of suspicious ones. In the AA forum, you'd think that every flyer gets upgraded on every flight, when threads similar to this one are posted.

As a 1P, I batted .400 this year. 0 on hub-to-hub flights. I usually book 1 to 2 weeks out.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 2:32 pm
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ran 30% as a CO Gold on UA (before status match) (less than 1P)
ran 50% as a 1p/Gold/Plat on UACO
ran 100% since hitting 1K
2/2 SWUs cleared at booking, but I cheated and made sure space was available
2/4 CR1 segments at booking 4/4 overall
2/5 miles segments at booking 4/5 overall (missed EWR-LIM )
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 2:51 pm
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2/22 as a UA 1P (PMUA metal, mainly RDU-IAD and IAD-SFO)
36/42 as a CO Plat (PMCO metal, mainly RDU-IAH-SJC/SFO and RDU-IAH-PHX)

The remainder was PMCO E145s, where I scored 12A every time, which is kinda sorta like an upgrade.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by SJCFlyerLG
It's nice to see some honest replies in here, with just a couple of suspicious ones. In the AA forum, you'd think that every flyer gets upgraded on every flight, when threads similar to this one are posted.

As a 1P, I batted .400 this year. 0 on hub-to-hub flights. I usually book 1 to 2 weeks out.
Which ones seem suspect. I re-read them and they all seem about right to me.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 3:02 pm
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As a 1K...

112/118 -> 96.55% Overall (SWU/UDU/CR1/mileage)
104/110 -> 94.54% UDU (typical route BDL-IAD/ORD-SFO RT)
3/3 -> 100% CR1s
5/5 -> 100% for SWU (2 international/3 domestic)

Not counting single cabin or irrops due to weather in NE. Fare range: Q to K.
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 3:40 pm
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Not counting single cabin or award flights...

Upgraded on 29 out of 36 for 80%, all UDU
CO Plat the full year with a mixture of CO & UA.
I travel against the grain, usually out on Friday or Thursday and return Sunday or Monday.

No Y/B/M fares this year. I used to buy B a lot. Combo of late purchases, securing the upgrade and extra 50% EQM. But have been priced out of those fares. For most late purchases I now I have to elect not to take the trip, changing my habits this year to book earlier. 2012's losing the 50% bonus for Lifetime/MM kills these fares for me 100%

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Old Dec 29, 2011, 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by SJCFlyerLG
It's nice to see some honest replies in here, with just a couple of suspicious ones. In the AA forum, you'd think that every flyer gets upgraded on every flight, when threads similar to this one are posted.
If some seem suspect, it's probably because they filtered out single-cabin flights already or those flights where they were not eligible for an upgrade (e.g. L fare internationally where miles were not applied).

I assure you my 60-for-60 is legit... I excluded 7 single-cabin flights.

My SO wasn't as lucky.. as a 2P she got upgraded on 23 of 33 flights, of which only 2 were based on her own status (SEA-LAX-SEA on a CR7), 20 were upgrades from me (CR-1, SWU), and 1 was based on a VDB re-booking (SFO-SEA). So if I weren't around, she would have been 3 for 33 (if you count a VDB rebooking as an "upgrade").
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 5:12 pm
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59 UA metal segments as a 1K
7 one-cabin RJs
3 last-minute standbys where I got a BP at the last second, so not counting those.

Of the 49 that I consider eligible, 47 upgrades (95.9%)
8 SWUs
12 CR1s
27 UDUs

UDU-only flights 27/29 = 95% [missed DEN-BOS and BOS-DEN, both A320s]

Less data for CO metal (all as Plat):
10 flights, 3 RJs and 2 intl non-eligible segments.
Of the remaining 5, 4 upgrades (3 EUAs, 1 M-UP).
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Old Dec 29, 2011, 5:18 pm
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I was pre-confirmed in domestic F ORD-LAX but missed that flight and was re-booked in E- on the next flight. Does that count for anything?
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