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Old Aug 5, 2022, 7:18 pm
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Originally Posted by sltlyamusd;[url=tel:34489943
34489943[/url]]Semi-related question: was on a ERJ-175 flight on Horizon and Y was sold out, but F had quite a few seats open. I never saw paid upgrades offered during OLCI. At the airport, I noticed there were no elites on the u/g list via the app and the FIDS, but quite a few people were awaiting seat assignments in coach. It looks like most of the people "awaiting seats" ended seated up in F! Just wondering, does AS have an "op-up" protocol for how to handle these situations where Y is effectively oversold but F has availability and there are no elites not upgraded. I notice this most often on ERJ routes, probably because of the ratio of F/Y+/Y seats...
It’s possible to be an elite exercising a same day change standby and show up on the awaiting seat list, and you’d clear into F if available.
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