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Mar 3, 2009 | 6:29 pm

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Originally Posted by COpltASgldPHX

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Originally Posted by hermanfish

I booked a trip in October from PDX-OGG. I'm on the wait list for an upgrade to F. Does anyone know when they typically release seats for upgrades? Is there even a "typical" timeline? I was told that I could either wait until 72 hrs before my flight to be eligiblefor an upgrade or that I could use one of my upgrade coupons and make the jump as soon as the seats were released.

Is my best bet just to call AS every week to see if the seats have opened up?

As an MVP Gold on a coach fare lower than "H" class you are eligible for a complimentary upgrade starting at 72 hours provided U space is available. There may be available seats for sale in F, however revenue management has to release those F seats into U inventory before anyone can be upgraded using any upgrade instrument including MVPG Certs. That being said, F seats can be released into U at almost any time but on PDX-OGG it's highly doubtful.

You can call periodically, but the chances of U being available at the time you call is slim to none. You'd really just be wasting your time on the phone. Even if you wanted to use your upgrade certs U space has to be available when you request the upgrade. You cannot be waitlisted for when a U seat opens up.

Do you have the BofA companion cert? Have you "done the math" to see what it would cost to buy 1 seat in F and the other F seat at the $50 companion fare? That would guarantee you'd be in F and you wouldn't have to play the waiting game.

COpltASgldPHX is correct on when the upgrades are released. However I would not give up hope that PDX-OGG will not release more U for paper cert upgrade. Last year I flew SEA-OGG - booked in March and left in August. I checked availability online (there are a couple good websites that allow a search of this) and found availability around May for the flight for 2 seats. There is no rhyme or reason that I've discovered...yet