Originally Posted by
cheesewhiz
Also, since essentially no medallion is getting upgraded (I can't imagine a large percentage of DM wasting an global upgrade on a transcon), I also see a massive shortage of Economy Comfort seats happening. As basically every Plat or lower (and many DM) will be fighting over those seats. Economy Comfort will become the new "I got squeezed out because there are too many medallions on the flight" complaint
I really think that we are still going to see upgrades on this route, just less of them and they will be op-ups, not medallion upgrades. Delta can oversell coach and not IDB by giving an op-up to a Y pax. I think this will happen all the time-- why would Delta leave money on the table...if someone wants to buy a last minute expensive coach fare but coach is sold out, DL can sell it and upgrade a person.
Probably the upgrade list will be the same, but just not public, and will only be used to make room for to board all coach pax rather than fill BE. So, in other words, I would expect a few diamonds to get upgraded on most flights.