Originally Posted by
seldomrfly
Don't be too pessimistic. 😀
I'm gold, and have cleared 8 SH upgrades during the last 6 months. (100%).
For myself, ms.basic, and a friend without AY+ memebership. All waitlists have cleared.
well, with about 100 shorthauls a year for several years in a row I believe I have some practical experienxe
which says that these are biased. I.e. some leisure-Y heavy routes are very tough to get upgrades (BCN for example) and some J-heavy too; interestingly LHR too although A350 but seems that pax have learned the game here as the J cabin is always 100% packed, while some other routes seem to have good availability just because I see loadfactor being low onboard