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Old Jan 2, 2014, 11:35 am
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ScrodmanFL
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: FL-MCO
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01/05 -- MCO - ATL (M fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed on 1/2
01/05 -- ATL - RIC (A fare) - Sunday evening - already in first!
01/10 -- RIC - DTW (X fare) - Friday evening *1 - N/A (CRJ)
01/10 -- DTW - MCO (X fare) - Friday evening *1 - Upgraded at gate
01/12 -- MCO - ATL (U fare) - Sunday evening *2 - Upgraded at gate
01/12 -- ATL - RIC (U fare) - Sunday evening *2 - Upgraded at gate
01/17 -- RIC - ATL (M fare) - Friday evening - Upgraded at gate
01/17 -- ATL - MCO (M fare) - Friday evening - No upgrade
01/20 -- MCO - LGA (H fare) - Monday morning *3 - Upgraded at gate
01/20 -- LGA - RIC (H fare) - Monday morning *3 - Upgraded at SDC
01/24 -- RIC - ATL (X fare) - Friday evening - Standby on earlier flight...no upgrade
01/24 -- ATL - MCO (X fare) - Friday evening - Standby on earlier flight...no upgrade
01/26 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Sunday afternoon - *4
01/27 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Monday morning - *4 - Upgraded at rebooking
01/27 -- ATL - RIC (Q fare) - Monday morning - *4 - Upgraded at rebooking
02/07 -- RIC - ATL (S fare) - Friday afternoon = Upgraded at gate
02/07 -- ATL - MCO (S fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5
02/09 -- MCO - DTW (Q fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6? (02/03)
02/09 -- DTW - RIC (Q fare) - Sunday evening (CRJ-900...w/FC) - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6? (02/03)
02/14 -- RIC - ATL (H fare) - Friday afternoon - no upgrade (all the weather delays filled up FC way ahead of time)
02/14 -- ATL - MCO (H fare) - Friday evening - *5 - Upgraded at gate
02/17 -- MCO - ATL (U fare) - Monday morning - no upgrade
02/17 -- ATL - RIC (U fare) - Monday morning - no upgrade (discount fare likely hurt me)
02/21 -- RIC - ATL (H fare) - Friday afternoon - no upgrade
02/21 -- ATL - MCO (H fare) - Friday afternoon - no upgrade
02/24 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Monday pre-dawn - no upgrade
02/24 -- ATL - RIC (Q fare) - Monday morning - no upgrade (switched to earlier flight via standby)
02/28 -- RIC - ATL (U fare) - Friday afternoon - no upgrade
02/28 -- ATL - MCO (U fare) - Friday afternoon - no upgrade
03/02 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Sunday evening - Upgrade confirmed 2hrs before flight
03/02 -- ATL - RIC (Q fare) - Sunday evening - no upgrade
03/06 -- RIC - ATL (Q fare) - Thursday evening - no upgrade
03/06 -- ATL - MCO (Q fare) - Thursday night - *6 - Upgraded at boarding...scanned BP and got new seat assignment
03/10 -- MCO - ATL (U fare) - Monday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (03/05)
03/10 -- ATL - RIC (U fare) - Monday evening - Upgraded at gate
03/17 -- Southwest/Airtran this week
03/23 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (03/17)
03/23 -- ATL - RIC (Q fare) - Sunday evening - no upgrade (rebooked to Y due to delay and SDC...open seat in J )
03/28 -- RIC - ATL (L fare) - Friday afternoon - No upgrade
03/28 -- ATL - MCO (L fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-1.5 (03/27) Equip chg to 767-300
03/30 -- MCO - ATL (K fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (03/24)
03/30 -- ATL - RIC (K fare) - Sunday evening - Upgraded at gate
04/04 -- RIC - ATL (H fare) - Friday afternoon - no upgrade
04/04 -- ATL - MCO (H fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (03/29)
04/06 -- MCO - CVG (U fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (03/31)
04/06 -- CVG - RIC (U fare) - Sunday evening - not upgrade eligible
04/11 -- RIC - ATL (B fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-3 (04/08)
04/11 -- ATL - MCO (B fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (04/05)
04/14 -- MCO - ATL (L fare) - Monday morning - no upgrade
04/14 -- ATL - RIC (L fare) - Monday morning - Upgraded after boarding
04/18 -- RIC - DTW (U fare) - Friday afternoon
04/18 -- DTW - MCO (U fare) - Friday evening
04/20 -- MCO - RDU (S fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (04/14)
04/25 -- RDU - ATL (H fare) - Friday afternoon - Upgraded at gate
04/25 -- ATL - MCO (H fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (04/20)
04/27 -- MCO - DTW (A fare) - Sunday morning - *7 First -UP fare
04/27 -- DTW - RIC (L fare) - Sunday afternoon - ineligible for upgrade
05/01 -- RIC - ATL (H fare) - Friday afternoon
05/01 -- ATL - MCO (H fare) - Friday afternoon
05/05 - USAirways this week
05/13 -- MCO - ATL (X fare) - Tuesday morning - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (05/08)
05/13 -- ATL - RIC (X fare) - Tuesday morning - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (05/08)
05/15 -- RIC - BOS (U fare) - Thursday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (05/10)
05/18 -- BOS - RIC (L fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (05/15)
05/23 -- RIC - ATL (L fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (05/18)
05/23 -- ATL - MCO (L fare) - Friday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (05/18)
05/26 -- MCO - ATL (K fare) - Monday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (05/20)
05/26 -- ATL - RIC (K fare) - Monday evening
05/29 -- RIC - ATL (V fare) - Friday evening
05/29 -- ATL - MCO (V fare) - Friday night
06/01 -- MCO - DTW (H fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (05/26)
06/01 -- DTW - RIC (H fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (05/26)
06/06 -- RIC - ATL (L fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (06/01)
06/06 -- ATL - MCO (L fare) - Friday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (06/01)

* vacation! *

06/23 -- MCO - ATL (U fare) - Monday morning
06/23 -- ATL - RIC (U fare) - Monday morning - Upgraded at gate
06/27 -- RIC - ATL (U fare) - Friday evening
06/27 -- ATL - MCO (U fare) - Friday night
06/29 - USAirways this week
07/06 -- MCO - ATL (S fare) - Sunday evening
07/06 -- ATL - RIC (S fare) - Sunday evening
07/11 -- RIC - ATL (X fare) - Friday afternoon
07/11 -- ATL - MCO (X fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/06)
07/13 -- MCO - ATL (U fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/08)
07/14 -- ATL - RIC (U fare) - Monday morning
07/18 -- RIC - ATL (K fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/13)
07/18 -- ATL - MCO (K fare) - Friday evening - Upgraded at gate
07/20 -- MCO - ATL (L fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/15)
07/20 -- ATL - RIC (T fare) - Sunday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/15)
07/25 -- RIC - ATL (K fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/20)
07/25 -- ATL - MCO (K fare) - Friday evening
07/27 -- MCO - ATL (K fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/22)
07/27 -- ATL - RIC (T fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/22)
08/01 -- RIC - LGA (L fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (07/26)
08/01 -- LGA - MCO (L fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (07/26)
08/03 -- MCO - ATL (U fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/29)
08/03 -- ATL - RIC (U fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (07/29)
08/08 -- RIC - ATL (U fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/03)
08/08 -- ATL - MCO (U fare) - Friday afternoon/evening/night/Sat morning (was in the mess at ATL that night...8hr delay)
08/10 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/05)
08/10 -- ATL - RIC (Q fare) - Sunday evening - Missed by 1
08/15 -- RIC - LGA (K fare) - Friday afternoon - Upgraded at gate
08/15 -- LGA - MCO (K fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (08/09)
08/18 -- MCO - ATL (K fare) - Monday afternoon - Upgraded at gate Equip chg to 767 helped!
08/18 -- ATL - RIC (K fare) - Monday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/13)
08/22 -- RIC - LGA (X fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/17)
08/22 -- LGA - MCO (X fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/17)
08/25 -- MCO - DTW (L fare) - Monday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/20)
08/25 -- DTW - RIC (L fare) - Monday evening - Upgraded at gate
08/29 -- RIC - LGA (V fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-1 (08/28)
08/29 -- LGA - MCO (V fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/24)
09/01 -- MCO - ATL (L fare) - Monday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/27)
09/01 -- ATL - RIC (L fare) - Monday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (08/27)
09/02 -- RIC - ATL (K fare) - Tuesday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (08/27)
09/02 -- ATL - MCO (K fare) - Tuesday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (08/27)
09/03 -- MCO - ATL (T fare) - Wednesday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 *hours* (09/03)
09/03 -- ATL - RIC (T fare) - Wednesday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (08/29)
09/05 -- RIC - DTW (L fare) - Friday afternoon - Not upgrade eligible (E-145)
09/05 -- DTW - MCO (L fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (08/31)
09/08 -- MCO - DTW (V fare) - Monday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (09/03)
09/08 -- DTW - RIC (V fare) - Monday evening - Not upgrade eligible (E-145)
09/12 -- RIC - LGA (V fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (09/07)
09/12 -- LGA - MCO (V fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (09/07)
09/15 -- MCO - LGA (U fare) - Monday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (09/09)
09/15 -- LGA - RIC (U fare) - Monday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (09/09)
09/19 -- RIC - LGA (K fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (09/13)
09/19 -- LGA - MCO (K fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-2 (09/17)
09/21 -- MCO - ATL (S fare) - Sunday evening - Upgraded at gate
09/21 -- ATL - RIC (S fare) - Sunday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (09/16)
09/26 -- RIC - ATL (K fare) - Friday afternoon
09/26 -- ATL - MCO (K fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (09/21)
09/28 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (09/22)
09/28 -- ATL - RIC (Q fare) - Sunday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (09/22)
10/03 -- RIC - LGA (T fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (09/27)
10/03 -- LGA - MCO (T fare) - Friday afternoon
10/06 -- MCO - LGA (T fare) - Monday morning
10/06 -- LGA - RIC (T fare) - Monday morning - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (09/30)
10/10 -- RIC - JFK (M fare) - Friday afternoon - Not upgrade eligible
10/10 -- JFK - MCO (M fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/04)
10/12 -- MCO - ATL (K fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/06)
10/12 -- ATL - RIC (K fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/06)
10/16 -- RIC - ATL (Q fare) - Thursday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/10)
10/16 -- ATL - MCO (Q fare) - Thursday evening
10/19 -- MCO - ATL (S fare) - Sunday afternoon - *8 - Upgraded at gate
10/19 -- ATL - RIC (S fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/13)

DM

10/22 -- RIC - ATL (T fare) - Wednesday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/16)
10/22 -- ATL - MCO (T fare) - Wednesday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/16)
10/26 -- MCO - ATL (H fare) - Sunday afternoon - Upgraded at gate
10/26 -- ATL - RIC (H fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (10/20)
10/31 -- RIC - ATL (Q fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-3 (10/28) (rebooked to Fri from Thur)
10/31 -- ATL - MCO (Q fare) - Friday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-2 (10/29) (rebooked to Fri from Thur)
11/02 -- MCO - ATL (H fare) - Sunday afternoon - Booked into A. H-Up?
11/02 -- ATL - RIC (H fare) - Sunday evening - Booked into A. H-Up?
11/07 -- RIC - ATL (K fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (11/01)
11/07 -- ATL - MCO (K fare) - Friday night -
11/09 -- MCO - ATL (S fare) - Sunday afternoon - Upgraded at gate
11/09 -- ATL - RIC (S fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (11/03)
11/14 -- RIC -- LGA (T fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (11/08)
11/14 -- LGA - MCO (T fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (11/08)
11/16 -- MCO - ATL (S fare) - Sunday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-1 (11/15)
11/16 -- ATL - RIC (S fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (11/10)
11/21 -- RIC -- LGA (L fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (11/16)
11/21 -- LGA - MCO (L fare) - Friday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (11/16)
11/23 -- MCO - ATL (H fare) - Sunday evening - *9 - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-1 (11/22)
11/23 -- ATL - RIC (H fare) - Sunday evening - *9 - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-1 (11/22)
11/26 -- RIC -- ATL (K fare) - Wednesday afternoon - *10 - Upgraded at gate
11/26 -- ATL - MCO (K fare) - Wednesday afternoon - *10 - Upgraded at weather waiver rebooking
11/30 -- MCO - ATL (Q fare) - Sunday night - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-5 (11/25)
12/01 -- ATL - RIC (L fare) - Monday morning - Upgraded at gate (#7 out of 60)
12/05 -- RIC -- LGA (U fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (11/29)
12/05 -- LGA - MCO (U fare) - Friday evening - Upgraded at gate (#1 of ~12?)
12/07 -- MCO - ATL (A fare) - Sunday afternoon - WFBF ($116 to upgrade all 4 segments. No brainer!)
12/07 -- ATL - RIC (A fare) - Sunday evening - WFBF ($116 to upgrade all 4 segments. No brainer!)
12/12 -- RIC -- LGA (A fare) - Friday afternoon - WFBF ($116 to upgrade all 4 segments. No brainer!)
12/12 -- LGA - MCO (A fare) - Friday evening - WFBF ($116 to upgrade all 4 segments. No brainer!)
12/14 -- MCO - ATL (H fare) - Sunday afternoon - Upgraded at gate (#1 of 30)
12/14 -- ATL - RIC (H fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (12/08)
12/19 -- RIC -- LGA (S fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (12/13)
12/19 -- LGA - MCO (S fare) - Friday evening - Upgraded at gate (#1 of 30)
12/28 -- MCO - LGA (H fare) - Sunday afternoon - Upgraded at gate (#1 of 3 for 7...heh)
12/28 -- LGA - RIC (H fare) - Sunday evening - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (12/22)
12/31 -- RIC -- JFK (L fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-3 (12/28)
12/31 -- JFK - MCO (L fare) - Friday afternoon - Medallion upgrade confirmed T-6 (12/25)

*1 - Did a SDC to a flight connecting in DTW instead of ATL, arriving MCO an hr earlier than original. CRJ up to DTW then RU from DTW -> MCO

*2 - Got alert that flight from MCO was delayed. Times showed fine. Called DL, was told crew was short 1 FA. Arrived at gate, FA was there. Had forgotten driver's license, though (got thru security w/passport). Called my wife who'd dropped me off to bring license back. Did SDC to 7:30pm from MCO-ATL and 11:15 arrival into RIC. Left gate area to meet wife to get my license. Went back thru security (in SkyPriority line...took over 20 min for <10 people!) Original flight was at gate but doors closed and jetway moving back. literally just missed it. Anyway...was fine w/SDC and got upgraded to FC on both legs. I guess because it was *technically* delayed, it bumped up my priority.

*3 - Did a SDC for routing thru LGA instead of ATL. Was upgraded right away on LGA-RIC segment. Got upgrade at gate for MCO->LGA segment

*4 - Did a VDB for voucher. New flight was delayed multiple times. Was going to be stuck in ATL. Asked to rebooked for Monday morning. Booked into Y and confirmed upgraded on both segments

*5 - Got on standby list for a flight an hour earlier (was the next gate to the one where I'd just arrived from RIC...thought...wth). Was #16 for 9 seats. Ended up in FC!

*6 - Was 10th out of 30 or so but ended up in FC due to, I'm assuming, a lot of missed connections due to the widespread delays in ATL after the storms came through....caused quite a backlog effect.

*7 - Was booked on L fare for 4/28 departure but had to change to 4/27. Got booked into an "A" fare and made seat selection for 1 of 3 remaining first class seats.

*8 - This was my 140th segment. Made DM. DM reflected in Skymiles acct by Wed.

*9 - SDC from connecting in LGA to thru ATL. Upgrades posted Sat. night

*10 - Winter weather waiver. Changed from LGA to DTW 2 days prior. On way to airport on 11/26, DTW flt would be major delayed. Changed to thru ATL. ATL-MCO cleared on phone. RIC-ATL cleared at gate.

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