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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 5:11 pm
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Originally Posted by lev441
My question is, how do you get bumped ? Is it pure luck or are there other factors involved?
You can call the reservations office and asked to be put on the list of volunteers agreeing to be bumped.

Originally Posted by frb98mf

I've only flown El Al a couple of times recently and had Platinum status, was upgraded on both without doing any more than asking if the flight was full.
How do you reach platinum by only flying a couple of times?
Is there a different way to earn status other then flying with ELAL, or was it aimply a status match or perhaps some company director's privilige?
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