Originally Posted by
ijgordon
Why don't you check pda.continental.com/info. Pick the international flight of your choice, check the upgrade standby list at least 2 hours prior to departure and you'll see how many people were upgraded on that specific flight. (After about the 2 hour mark they start clearing nonrevs into BF, so the list is less reliable for this purpose).
I can GUARANTEE you that there are LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of people who successfully upgrade to BusinessFirst on CO flights.
It's really a shame that you've posted so much patently incorrect and misleading information in this thread.
OK, I thoroughly checked tomorrow's flights and here are the numbers:
FLIGHT--UPGRADED TO BF--TOTAL BF CAPACITY--% UPGRADED
CO18--1--16--6%
CO28--0--50-0%
CO110--0-16-0%
CO56--1-50-2%
CO138--2-16-12%
CO54--0--16-0%
CO99-16-50-31%
CO9--6-50-11%
CO80--2-35-1.75%
CO50--0--25--0%
CO96--4-25--16%
CO38--1-16-6%
CO122--0--16--0%
CO62--2--25-8%
CO144--0--16-0%
CO120--1--16-6%
CO76--3--16--19%
CO26--2--16--12%
CO82--2--48--4%
CO48--2--50--4%
CO22--2--16--12%
CO24--0--16-0%
CO68--5--16--31%
CO89--14--50--28%
CO70--0--35--0%
CO36--2--16--12%
CO31--1--25--4%
CO51--0--25--0%
CO84--4--50--8%
CO90--5--50--10%
CO32--1--48--2%
CO4--5--50--11%
CO93--0--35--0%
CO10--2--48--4%
CO58--0--25--0%
CO16--2--16--12%
TOTAL BF CAPACITY: 1,098
TOTAL PAX UPGRADED: 89 (30 of those on the two China flights ex-EWR)
% OF TOTAL CAPACITY AS UPGRADES: 8.11%
Of course, this is just a snapshot of one day. Clearly the upgrade situation is dynamic but in most of these flights there is no one currently listed as standing by for upgrades.
We can also assume that there are likely more upgrades in this, the low season, than most of the rest of the year.
On the whole, if this is an accurate snapshot it appears to be a definite improvement over the situation a few years ago, but the upgrade numbers are still fairly low.