Originally Posted by
Seat1A
silly question... how did you expect them to find you? delta shuttle is open seating, so they can't just subtly walk up to your seat and offer you an F boarding pass.. and "mbarreto, c'mon down, you're the next contestant on the upgrade list!" is just tacky, tho some airlines will do it..
given that, i really wouldn't expect an on-board upgrade on shuttle.
Funny thing was, almost the same thing happened on my BOS-LGA shuttle flight, with different results. I changed my original flight to an earlier one (actually, I didn't actually changed it, I just ran to the gate 2 minutes before takeoff). I asked at the counter if they had space available, and that I was on an F ticket. They said there was space but only in coach. I said it was ok and boarded.
Once on board, I saw 2 open seats in F. Talked to the FA who said I should just take one of those.
A minute later they called my name and someone else's to inform that our "upgrade" had cleared!
So yes, the system does work, when they want it to work.