Originally Posted by
Tedgrrrr
Two recent observations:
1) I was supposedly 8 of 12 on the standby list from LGA to Boston on a recent Tuesday (which is complete B.S. because I had purchased C+ and there was a C+ available so I should have been given a SDC, but gate agent was not the nicest guy. No way a Diamond would ever be 8 of 12 on standby? I would be fine being 8 of 30. But out of everyone wanting to standby (including non-revs) you are telling me that there are at least 8 diamonds?
This doesn't surprise me. LGA->BOS is a business traveler heavy route and only Diamonds/Platinums get free SDS so it is likely that most everyone on that list was Diamond/Platinum.
2) I was 4 out of 5 on the upgrade list from LGA to DTW on a recent Saturday which also surprised me... I'm fine being 5 out of 20 - but 4 out of 5? What are the odds that four of the five people trying to get an upgrade on a Saturday are Diamonds? I had a paid C+ seat, but it was a cheap fare.
This is odder to me, but at the same time, with only 5 people on the upgrade list.. it's a small enough sample that it could have just been one of those days.
I've never seen my place on the list as a Diamond and been "surprised". I have been as far down the list as 41 before (out of ~130) but I was on a V fare on a business-traveler heavy day.. so even that made total sense.