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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 4:44 am
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Originally Posted by SuperFlyBoy
I think it requires someone who actually *knows* how to queue it into the PNR...then seat control will decide if they have the space. (and also if LH wants the proportionate credit/revenue from UA - does anyone know what the internal values are for the SWU's?)
Yep I agree, but most of the time the wait if someone else wants to burn miles. SWUs have the lowest priority in the upgrade list… It happened to me as well that an upgrade got confirmed at check-in and even at TXL for a FRA-NYC flight but this is not the standard procedure.
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