Originally Posted by
ezflip
Hi all.
First post, so forgive me if I ask a newbie question. I am currently a E status and have a ticket for YYZ - HKG on Saturday (05/28/11) flight 015. I logged on AC site this morning at 10am to see if I could upgrade my flight. It tells me that I am waitlisted.
Ok, fine by me. I make a mock search on AC site to see how many seat are available and counted 14 seats open.
Here is my question; Does AC keep a certain amount open just in case someone buys a seat OR is there 14 SE ahead of me? How does it work?
I have flown this route many time in the past and I have noticed that exec is always full. I guess I'll just have to cross my fingers and hope my ACLotto number comes up.
Thanks.
On this route and also the YVR-HKG and return flights they allocate so many R Class seats and usually SE's grab them 7 days out. Whatever is left over is at the 4 day window as you did earlier this morning. Depending on how full the flight is and also the historical for that flight on the previous Sat's the Route Controller determines how many more seats to release prior to departure if any. My experience is on these flights is that they do sometimes confirm you a day or 2 ahead of departure or it clears only at the gate if all SE's have been accomodated then it would then go to E's as yourself.
Good luck in securing the upgrade on Sat May 28/11!^