Originally Posted by
D582
But then what would be the point of the upgrade windows then? AC let's you upgrade at time of booking on a Y/B fare. If at time of booking there is no R space, then you get waitlisted and are upgraded when/if R becomes available. There are your 'automatic upgrades'
The whole point of the windows on T+ fares is to ensure a level playing field:
All SE's can request up to 7 days prior, E's up to 4 days prior, and P's up to 2 days prior, all regardless of when they booked their ticket. You forget to request your upgrade when your window opens? Too bad, how sad.
I do however agree with OP regarding the change to # of hours before instead of days...I think it should go back to 00:01 local time from city of departure as it was much easier to manage that way.
I would really agree with the last part. I have a red eye coming home from LAS next Saturday on an M fare. So if i want to book on the microsecond, I need to be up at 2:20am to get on the list.
Aside from that, I don't mind it too much. After a long two weeks of travel, I decided to upgrade my T+ YUL-YOW at the last second. Wouldn't have used a SSWU, but to burn a few credits (about to cross 40k soon any ways) was well worth it (plus the new food in J is excellent and was a decent replacement for not eating dinner).