Originally Posted by
mudd_stuffin
I would not count on people travelling on the same PNR all the time. It is definitely common because:
1) like Agjil's situation, departing cities/arrival cities may be different, even though some segment(s) may be common;
2) people may have the same departure or arrival dates, but not both;
3) people may have individual flight passes, and it is not possible to combine PNRs even though the flights are the same.
I am definitely against this "enhancement" but can see how it works better for some people (e.g., Cdncow) - but this definitely has to boil down to making it more difficult to upgrade for reasons mentioned. If anything, why could AC not have given us a choice as to whether we want the nominee slots vs same day different PNR upgrade? To me, I would definitely not burn a nominee slot in a waitlist situation where I know the waitlisted nominee is unlikely to travel on AC in the same benefit year.
I personally do not share any remaining eupgrade credits, but that is probably a function of the fact that I had less than 5 remaining anyway.
I managed to upgrade a FTer SFO-YYZ-SFO with 4 expiring eUps a month ago
.
Originally Posted by
Lllahim
"The good for me" people in this forum manage to see benevolence everywhere. AC remove/reduce eUpgrade nominee slots. Close down/restrict upgrade cert sharing (remember "upgrades you can share"!). Say we can upgrade someone at the airport, an environment where the probability of success for new upgrade request is practically zilch. We are happy. Some people must have unlimited supply of upgrade certs for new companions each time they step into an airport to make the new "enhanced" system a better option than the one replaced. I agree with the OP.
I don't "see benevolence everywhere"**. I see this change as something that works better for me.
It's not an unlimited supply of eUps, it's the fact that when you primarily fly in paid business and Latitude flight passes, eUps just don't get used as much. I'm looking at around 150 expiring next February (maybe a few less if I time some thresholds properly), unless I plan some big trips. It will definitely be over 100. I plan to nominate someone I know can use them, with one of my two nominee slots. It's still useful.
But I have no problem trading 2 of the 4 slots for the ability to upgrade anyone on the same flight.
** Tangoization of transborder routes and UA 50% are two recent changes that really hit me hard.