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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 9:55 pm
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ayeleswarapu
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 397
Originally Posted by stargold
No need, unless you're hoping to be op-upped or doing standby.

All published benefits of Star Gold except priority waitlisting and standby can be obtained simply by showing the Star Gold card, rather than having to enter it into the system.

The risk of waiting till the gate and after the manifest has been printed is that either 1. you will forget, or 2. there is some other problem changing the number.
You bring up a good point with the risks. While I have figured out the timing, keep in mind that I usually fly 400k+ miles each year. And yeah, I sometimes seek the upgrades (using my HON status, I usually get the SAUG's), so that's why I said to wait for the manifest.

Cheers,
AY
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