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Mar 12, 2021, 2:25 pm

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fatmac70

Join Date: Sep 2005

Location: Philly

Programs: AA, BA, NH, TP

Posts: 743

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyerBeek

Also - if booking or switching to a last minute flight within 3hrs of departure you will not be automatically on the upgrade list upon check-in. Need to have an airport agent manually add you to the list despite the app/website indicating upgrade requested. Either the check-in, gate, or AC agents can get you on the list - but not the phone agents.

-FlyerBeek

Spot on I booked a flight just over the 3hr mark before departure and had to get added to the waitlist at airport checkin - I did call the EP line and they said they could not help and that I could only be added at the airport - the EP agent said it was 3.5 hrs.

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