Originally Posted by
spagiola
That's the theory. In practice, some of us end up having to do it EVERY TIME and putting up with all the problems of not being able to check in on-line that the OP mentioned.
ON CO I thought check-in time is the last and final criteria for assigning upgrades, that is all other things equal, first checked in gets the upgrade?
So basically unless OP has exact low status, low fare type on this reservation versus the person ahead of him in upgrade line, this would be the only instance his upgrade wqoudl be spoiled by not being able to check in?
Basically on CO, if a Plat checks in last minute on a full fare, he'll sweep ahead of the person who checked in number one on the flight 24 hours in advance anyway.
This is why peopels names slip down the upgrade list a the day gets closer to departure...
Never undersstood why so many get soo out of joiunt because OLCI fails.
I understand it could affect seat assignments to some degree (such as if bulkhead had to be taken away for a special needs or something along those lines), but even those swaps are not common.