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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 9:51 am
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GNALUZU
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Originally Posted by BeatCal
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Try something
If you are chairman and the computer does not upgrade you at 7 days, call and customer service will (at least they do for me, perhaps i have old fart by my name).
Hey BeatCal,

Not trying to beat a dead horse, just wanted to give you an update. My flight to DC tomorrow is completely sold out up front, so no upgrade for me

I am flying PHX - SFO next monday and I did get the dreaded "No upgrade available" email. I checked the seat map and there are at least 4 seats still available, so I called like you said to.

The agent said that while there are still seats available for purchase in F, none of them are available for upgrade. I asked if that was true for Chairman and she said that all upgrades are now processed through the sweep and that they cannot manually do it. Hopefully they will release more seats for upgrades as we get closer to the departure date and I will get one then.

So, I guess that all Chairmans are created equal, but some are more equal than others.
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