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Old Nov 15, 2014 | 4:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Ready2Go
Were you #1 on the list at the time? Was the flight close to boarding? Did the agent say that it could never be done, or just that he/she was too busy? ("Not having it" is just a little ambiguous.)
Originally Posted by JonNYC
I can't even tell what "it" is in this context-- looked back at the posts but still couldn't figure it out.
Originally Posted by mcgahat
The poster had some grand scheme to burn an extra SWU to upgrade an pax in J so it would free up a seat for them to upgrade from Y to J. Not surprised "it" didn't work....

Apologies for the ambiguity, but exactly what mcgahat said. Another poster mentioned this scenario a few pages back so I decided to inquire about it as I was #4 with the first 2 clearing to J and 2 F spots left. One agent couldn't comprehend what I was asking while the one that did said she has no way of knowing who was a revenue J pax to upgrade. I would have to find out and "know" them.

That being said, I was a bit shocked I was that high on the list with a mid Oct request. The list started out at 25 or so and ended up in the 40s by boarding time.

Datapoint: cleared 138 Monday with a mid July request.
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