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Old Feb 15, 2010, 2:16 pm
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oklAAhoma
 
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Originally Posted by sharklover
If you only get upgraded a few hours before the flight there is less chance you will since other people miss flights and flights get cancelled so they end up taking the seats in first.
Really? That hasn't been my experience.

(Actually I have found when I only get upgraded a few hours before the flight there is a greater chance I will since... well since, at that point I was upgraded. )

Originally Posted by sharklover
I am sure many others also much prefer to get upgraded 100 hours before then 1 day or a few hours before.
I am sure we would all prefer upgrades at 100 hours, but preferring that it happens and complaining when it doesn't happen are two different things.
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