well ... here's my tday report. i flew to mco on dl no problem (the saturday before the holiday). on tday my family and i flew on northwest to detroit - they let me upgrade to 1st, but not my family - there was a nw employee in 1st (who used a voucher - i saw it when she was in line) - there was another passenger in 1st who was able to upgrade w/his wife but not his kids. i flew nw back to mco on nw the sat. after tday and was able to upgrade. from mco to slc i flew dl - a family got on with 8 bags (i assume they checked nothing) and delayed the whole boarding process. this was a very stressful trip 4 me - i'm glad it's over!