Originally Posted by
RogueFlyerOne
Don't get me wrong. It does happen. Depends on day of travel and where you're going. Most of my flights go through DFW and CLT. I'm at a 60% on those flights. I think that with the raised level of points with LPs and all, there are probably going to be a few less EXP and PPROs in the system than when they lowered everything during COVID-19 days. But that's just anecdotal, I'm sure if we all kept track it's going to be in that 50%-70% range that you mentioned.
I guess it depends on whether you are happy with that range or not. I do not consider a 60% upgrade frequency to be useless. If there are people who expect to be upgraded 100% of the time, the problem is that the expectations are unreasonable. If anything under 100% has no value to someone then the answer for that person is to just book the higher cabin (and, yes, if you just pay for F every time, status has minimal value, though the EXP desk, preferential handling during IRROPS, and all the "rule bending" that goes on is still nice)
FWIW, anything under 100% is unacceptable to me for TATL or TPAC, which is why I plan to choose miles rather than SWU this year, so I can continue to just book J or F on partner airlines. But I'm extremely happy with 60% or 70% upgrade success for domestic travel.