FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - TATL Upgrades using Skymiles and SWUs on Air France/KLM
Old Aug 7, 2012, 12:01 pm
  #746  
3Cforme
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Programs: DL 1 million, AA 1 mil, HH lapsed Diamond, Marriott Plat
Posts: 28,190
Originally Posted by wsw523
I've set EF alerts for recent AF flights from ATL and am not seeing any O opening up. I had the same problem last time I went to CDG where there were plenty of C availability but O never opened up...
That is the advantage of SWUs on Delta metal. One can clear from the wait list into an open seat. Without O inventory on AF, one is stuck in the purchased class irrespective of open seats at time of departure.
3Cforme is offline