Originally Posted by
Tedgrrrr
Well for AC33, the YYZ pax can request upgrade four or five hours sooner than YVR pax because it's the same flight number, no one can dispute that.
Also, I don't think anyone can dispute that time of upgrade no longer matters on day of travel, I think AC may even have officially admitted that on day of travel the Waitlist is transferred to the airport system, and that time of upgrade no longer matters. At that point, other factors come into play in more or less of the following order 1) Status; 2) Fare class; 3) Time of check-in. The only missing variable is connection, and no one knows for sure where that falls on the list. I think it is either right before, or right after status - so very very important in my opinion. I'd bet money that it definitely trumps fare class.
I am sorry you are wrong. The YYZ pax to SYD can request YYZ - YVR five hours earlier but cannot request YVR - SYD at the same time. That request is based on departure time at YVR. Actually even though it is the same plane, AC treats YYZ-YVR as domestic (NA) and YVR - SYD as international. If you are in Y cabin on that plane, you buy your food YYZ-YVR. You actually have to deplane in YVR and reboard later. You get "free" food YVR-SYD.
How do I know? I travel that route. The last time was December 2012. In paid J.