Originally Posted by marbles dad
if anyone is in iah next Fri and would like to be our guest in the presidents club - at 1220 pm or so, drop a PM and i'll report on the luck of the draw on the upgrade. its on the morning 764 from lax- iah - we'll be taking a small pooch in the cabin with us so that probably diminishes our chances i suspect.
thanks for the advice.
When you say "we," do you mean you're travelling with a companion other than the dog? If you have a non-elite on the same reservation with you, you will NOT receive an automatic upgrade. You can either ask at the airport for both of you to be upgraded, or you can call CO and ask them to "split" the reservation so you'll be eligible for the automatic upgrade and can ask for the companion upgrade at the airport.
If the companion is also elite, you are both eligible for the automatic upgrade, but will only be upgraded automatically if two seats are available in First.
For more details, search this board for "EUA split".