Originally Posted by
mgcsinc
If the reports on DidItClear are representative, Silver and Gold rates look similar (~30%), as do Plats and 1K's (~60%). To me, this suggests flights are trimodal in terms of F availability, which would make sense to me.
You can't just look at status level. You have to look at where they fly to/from. As a gold flying out of SFO I am at 0%. Another Gold from a small elite light airport may be 60%. Average the 2 of us together (I know I am over simplifying) you get your 30%. So as a Gold out of a major hub if you ever get an upgrade consider yourself lucky. Especially if fly the typical travel days. But one of my usual travel days is Wednesday and I am 0% that day. Basically all I am saying is there is much more to the overall picture than a statistic on a website saying Golds are 30%.