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Old Nov 2, 2024 | 8:07 pm
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Originally Posted by invisible
My question - who is getting upgraded first? Can it happen that somone with GS status books flight several weeks later and get upgraded first for free, while people with PlusPoint upgrades who have no status will get nothing? How priority list looks like?
No, on a Polaris-marketed route everyone has to put up something to be upgraded.

GS in any cabin, booked at any time, and anyone in PE with status will be ahead of her (again, booked at any time). But all of them would have to use Plus Points or miles.
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