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Old Sep 22, 2009, 1:04 pm
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Jazzop
 
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[Please note that these things are changing every day as the DL/NW merger gets farther along]

As of about a month ago, an SMS agent explained to me that on NW-operated flights, within each category of elite (PM, GM, FO), the NW elites get first dibs, then DL elites. She explained that it was the reverse on DL-operated flights.

Therefore, on a NW-operated flight, you should try to use your NW status rather than DL status to achieve the upgrade. Theoretically, it would put you ahead of all the DL FOs jockeying for the upgrade.

[This may have already changed since I began typing! Call NW and find out!]
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