Originally Posted by Hankle

I booked tonight's LAX-JFK redeye roundtrip yesterday, and I called Delta today to ask to be put on the upgrade list. Of course, the rep told me that they were no longer allowing complimentary upgrades on LAX-JFK, so I asked if I could upgrade with miles. He said yes, but then he told me that all of the BE seats on the 10:45p flight were already sold. He then offered to switch me to the 11:30p flight and said he'd put me on a wait list to upgrade with miles at the gate. But, he said he couldn't get me a confirmed seat on the flight in my current class (which he said was required for same-day confirmed), so I'm waitlisted for a seat on the flight, but he said it's very likely that I'll make it on the flight and be able to upgrade to BE with miles at the gate. We'll see tonight. I'll report back.
-Hank