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Old Apr 15, 2019, 10:16 am
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tedhl
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Join Date: May 1998
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Programs: BA GGL/CCR, CX DM, QF GO, AA LT GO, UA SL, LH FT, Marr LT Titanium, Shang DM, Hyatt Glob, Hilton DM
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they seem to be changing such order from time to time (for whatever reason), and different order somehow in different purposes...

say this op-up priority, a few years ago it used to be DM+ > DM > GO > OWE > OWS > Silver...or something like that. OWE just after MPO GO but before MPO SL.

but say on airport standby priority (at least my experience in more than a couple of instances in Beijing / Shanghai), I was told clearly OWE is right after MPO DM but ahead of MPO GO...but at least as of a couple of years ago.

I once asked to change to my BA number for a long haul flight in J...then the check-in agent asked me, are you sure, we have seat 1K reserved for you (op up), but if you change to BA number, you'll lose it... but there's also once I have a regional op-up to F...that's already confirmed before I got to the HK airport. I forgot why but maybe I just want to try the system, I asked to change it to BA at check-in, they didn't say anything, and eventually I got to keep the upgrade.

in general, if I put in my BA OWE number they do still ask me for my meal preference first too (I think in most cases they don't know I'm DM). although I don't quite feel they're tracking my spending as an OWE...
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