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Dec 13, 2018, 1:12 pm

#857

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Originally Posted by Uncle Nonny

My question: Are upgrades harder towards the end of the year as people are making status and those who aren't re-qualifying haven't been dropped yet? WIll it thin out in February, after the Jan 31 expirations?

Probably. I think the effect is more pronounced in January, when business travel resumes, and folks with expiring SWUs burn them on almost any flight just so they won't go to waste.