Originally Posted by iharker

I am on 1676 this friday from IAH - PHL. I got the auto upgrade yesterday -co.com is showing 10 out of 20 seats filled. Usually, getting a companion upgrade on this flight is rare. However, school just started here in Houston this week, and I was wondering if anyone noticed a better percentage of upgrades over the week schools start back (parents wanting to stick around for the first week of school.)

Anyone ever run a correlation on this?

I am 6 for 6 for upgrades this year - only 1 companion upgrade out of 4. . .