Originally Posted by
Coconutgirl
I'm silver flying with a companion (no status) on SFO-IAD dreamliner. Purchased B econ fare so should be CPU eligible. My adult daughter who is 1K applied her plus points to my reservation because I hoped that would help me and my traveling companion get upgraded. Should I have the plus points removed to help my upgrade chance or does it not matter because I am only a lowly silver? No PZ or PN availability at time of booking.
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It doesn't much matter what you do: you're extremely unlikely to clear SFO-IAD as a Silver and Silver companion, particularly on a flight operated by a 787. That said, as a Silver, you do not have access to the PN inventory that a 1K on a B fare would have, so there is no penalty for applying PlusPoints. I don't know for certain whether your position on the list would be higher, lower, or unchanged with PlusPoints; I suspect 'unchanged,' though.
What I'd recommend is keeping an eye on flight inventory. If you see PZ2 or higher, ask your daughter to cancel the PlusPoints, then go into your reservation; if you see an "Instant Upgrade" button, click it and see what happens -- but there have been numerous reports that this button won't appear for non-1K / won't always appear in general. If you don't see the button, ask your daughter to real the PlusPoints and they'd clear immediately, bypassing the rest of the waitlist.
Good luck!