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Apr 12, 2019, 8:26 am

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Adelphos

Join Date: May 2011

Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT

Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,

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Originally Posted by AANYC1981

I think DL is reaching critical mass in NYC....the UPG lists are insanse and they have swayed too many corporate and high end leisure travelers.

AA has literally EMPTY UPG lists hub to hub out of here plus 777s to Florida.

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Originally Posted by iflyalexair

I'm NYC based. I book all of my travel very far in the future since my leisure and work travel schedule is set way in advance. I'm at 100% C+ at booking. I have only missed one upgrade this year on PHX-JFK redeye. Otherwise, my companion and I have both been upgraded to F, including on various Delta One transcons.

Everything is schedule based, and in NYC more so. I've started to become a student of which specific times and routes have the lowest elite usage, on both AA and Delta. Thankfully I can usually choose when I leave for business trips, so I'm trying to maximize upgrades that way.

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