Originally Posted by flyastrojets
Your place on the list is determined by your tier status, and your check in time. Your check in time is whatever time you checked in online, which is one of the beautiful things about online check in.
As to what time to arrive at the airport, since you're already checked in, getting there early is not going to affect your place on the list. So...use your best judgment. I am an early arriver by nature, others aren't.
Okay, but you still have to be physically present at the gate, the AC or the check-in counter to ask the AAgent to add you to the airport list, at which time your place is determined by your status and check-in time, correct? If so, is there a "drop dead" time after which the AAgent will begin clearing those names on the upgrade list, such that if you are not on the list, you ahev given-up your place?
Thanks!