Originally Posted by
RobOnLI
Does this still happen?
I'm a NW Plat who booked a ticket the morning of departure (SEA-SLC-xxx). SEA-SLC was a CRJ but SLC-xxx was an MD-90. In fact, it was purchased as a "Y" fare. No upgrade until after ticketing though I did get it pretty quickly - I'd say about 5 minutes later.
-RM
While I haven't booked any Y fares lately, I've booked two trips on 006 stock and DL metal in the past month that were within my upgrade window and I chose F seats at seat assignment time (before I finalized the reservation and hit purchase) and was confirmed in F the entire time.