Originally Posted by strider4216

Just curious if anyone else is noticing the west coast getting much more crowded with elite fliers lately. I've been flying Alaska a while now out of SFO/SJC/OAK to Alaska, the PnW, SoCal, and the east coast. I don't quite remember ever seeing 30+ people on an upgrade list as I have been seeing lately with SFO flights to SEA.

Maybe I'm going crazy, or just noticing for the first time, but curious if anyone else has gotten the same feeling. Perhaps Alaska's targeted marketing all around CA is working? Hopefully the quality of travel doesn't deteriorate down to the same level as American Airlines or UAL.