Originally Posted by
soxfanndc
im a bit intrigued by 1225's comment. I will be about 1300 miles short of DM by years end and I chose NOT to do a MR. I'd rather stay at PM. Ones current milleage accrual does not play a factor in deciding on UG's does it? is this new? so two PM vying for the same seat and all other things being equal the one who has accrued 120,000 MQM's will get the UG ahead of the one who'd only accrued 80,000 MQM's to date?
Not unless DL has changed their upgrade priority criteria very recently. It should be based on elite status level (not MQMs), fare class, DL Reserve card, and time of upgrade request.