Originally Posted by
MisterKenn
I’m executive platinum and flying out on Saturday. At this time they are still trying to sell me upgrades when it’s less than 100 hours before the flight. So I assume they are still trying to sell upgrades or first class seats to others. You work all year to get EXP and it gets you nothing. Very disappointed.
I think you're taking it a bit far. Upgrades are a privilege, not an entitlement. I have frequently not gotten upgraded at T-100. In fact, I would guess that I'm upgraded at the gate maybe 20% of the time. Then again, three weeks ago I messed up and was going to miss my 4PM departure (and upgrade) but I was able to rebook on a 7PM flight and got upgraded there. (And by a pure stroke of luck, met someone I know at the game who was in the same row as me - and even more serendipitous, I didn't even have to ask to swap seats to sit next to him, because the oridinal 5C and 5D were apparently a couple who were quite happy to find that 5F was open.)