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Old Oct 3, 2022, 5:46 am
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S.R
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: New York
Programs: EK Platinum, AA EXP, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,115
For the miles upgrade at check in that is now prioritized based on status, whose status does it go by? The account the miles are coming from, or the passenger requesting the upgrade?

here’s the situation: flying JFK-DXB in mid December. I (gold) am in paid F. My family member (blue) is on a J award booking flex plus.
I will be using my miles to request the upgrade for them at check in. So will the priority go based off my gold status or their blue status?

Also, any chance calling will do anything to give my companion any such priority for the upgrade beforehand, since I’m already in paid F? Would be nice to have it confirmed earlier. I will still be gold but for FWIW (probably not much but worth a shot) that JFK-DXB flight will be my platinum qualification flight.
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