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Old Jan 5, 2011 | 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Major G
As my handle suggests, I have considerable experience flying on gov't fares out of ANC to, well, everywhere. Never noticed any difference on my upgrade chance when flying gov't or personnel travel. As pointed out though, Carlson-Wagonlit waits until three days out to ticket so I cannot get on the upgrade list until then which may affect my chances somewhat.

Probably average about 50% upgrades when flying gov't fares.

Glenn
Had a friend who recently flew down to Texas for some training and had the same issue- they ended up sticking him on DL since AS doesn't serve SAT... was hoping he'd be sent to AUS... but didn't happen...

Why do they wait for a 3 day window
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