Originally Posted by
msat
I have an aeroplan award miles itinerary beginning on Sat morning. My award ticket is all business except for the first segment (YVR-YYC). Upon booking this itinerary I was told that there was currently no available business class seating for this segment, however the agent did put a note on my account for me to be upgraded should room open up. My question is as follows: Does the manner in which I check-in (web,blackberry, in person @ yvr) affect my ability to be upgraded or this simply something that will happen last minute @ the gate and check-in method is a moot point here?
Thanks in advance
I ran into an interesting situation a few weeks ago on an Aeroplan J reward itinerary. Checked into a late night domestic flight ex-YYZ. On the way to the airport I received an ExpertFlyer notification that a J award seat opened up. Flight was R6 when I left the house.
Called Aeroplan and waited on hold 30 minutes. Got through and the agent held the seat but couldn't assign it to me as I already had a boarding pass in hand. Agent couldn't legally check me out either and I had no friends that were close to a computer that could do it for me. Frustrated I hung up and decided to deal with it at the gate. Agent had a J boarding pass for me immediately after explaining the situation.
I remember a thread a few months back on FT that I thought explained Aeroplan J tickets with non-confirmed J seats had priority for upgrades at the gate. Am I wrong?