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Old Mar 1, 2018, 10:07 am
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iadisgreat
 
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Originally Posted by rob07
Given that: "SWU and EXP UDU have the same priority once the flight and associated upgrade / PALL list has passed to airport control," would an EP traveling alone ever want to keep a SWU once the upgrades have passed to airport control? Its seems like a complete waste of the SWU. Can you cancel the SWU request right before upgrades are passed to airport control?

Also, does a similar thing apply to mileage upgrades?
This isn't true anymore, at the airport SWUs/Miles+co-pay have higher priority within status levels - so, an EXP requesting a SWU upgrade will be listed higher than an EXP requesting a comp upgrade.
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