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Old Feb 9, 2012, 6:58 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Originally Posted by ckpeter
Just to report more data points.

I called to ask about the upgrade chance for ORD-NRT and NRT-ORD. EF shows outbound ORD-NRT c0, but the agent told me that 2 seats were available for EXP. The return was shown by EF as c3, but the agents told me that 5 upgrade seats were available.

So, it looks like the expanded availability for EXP eVIP upgrades can be at least 2 above the current level.
I had similar experience when booking JFK-LHR, when EF showing C2, yet the EXP agent was able to get me 3 seats in C. We are all EXP, though.
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