Originally Posted by
BostonPlanesAndTrains
FWIW, I dropped down to Silver this year based out of SLC and I've still been upgraded every few trips. As long as you avoid the main connecting banks, you can have good success. SLC-RDU/EWR/PDX/BUR/SJC have all been good bets if you take the first or last flight out.
Interesting that SLC-RDU gets you upgraded as a Silver - on the 1x day NS, right? As a former DM, now 2MM PM RDU-ATL-RDU upgrades are hard to come by.