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Old Jul 14, 2023 | 1:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiewittravel
Just two quick responses. Again I hope this thread will prove to be helpful for others
1. I know that economy passengers got upgraded all the way to Polaris ahead of me. I have screenshots of the same four names being 1 - 4 for upgrade to Premium Plus and simultaneously 1 - 4 on the upgrade list to Polaris. This is the way the list was published three days ahead of time. They were upgraded to Premium Plus 24 hours before the flight and to Polaris a couple hours before the flight. I can only assume they are GS b/c how else would they be able to jump ahead of everyone all the way from economy to Polaris (also the agent told me they were GS, but as I've found the agents will say most anything to get you off the phone)
So they were NOT upgraded from economy to Polaris, they were upgraded from economy to Premium Plus. THEN they were upgraded from Premium Plus to Polaris. Assuming they are all GS, this is completely consistent with all the parts of the CoC and MP T&C's that have been quoted multiple times. I don't think you'd waste as much on legal fees as some others seem to think, because not only would you lose the case but it would likely be dismissed with prejudice before even making it to court.
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