Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
I seem to clear most of the time on DTW/ORD and always on DTW/MDW and MDW/DTW but I've actually seen zero seats on ORD/DTW more than once and as a diamond have sat in the back of the bus probably 25 percent of the time on that flight. I think a lot of times though coming back it's people connecting. I wouldn't pay $39 to upgrade on that short of a flight much less $399
And more importantly, these algorithms are beyond unintelligent because the upgrade fee should never fee higher than outright paying for F DTW/ORD, but again, DL's ancillary revenue team isn't exactly best-in-class LOL