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Old Apr 3, 2005, 9:20 pm
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channa
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Originally Posted by cardood
Yes. I travel from DTW to LAX several times/year and *rarely* (maybe 1-2 legs per 10) get upgraded -- even on red eyes. I also have odd trips to LGA, BOS, RDU. I went to New Orleans via Houston and 3 out of 4 legs on CO were upgraded to F. Any tips or advice?

thx,

c|d
LOL...You're comparing apples to oranges.

DTW-LAX = huge business market = difficult upgrades

IAH-MSY = leisure market = easy upgrades.


My last MSY trip, they upgraded all Silvers, then did operational upgrades of random people to clear up a coach oversell.
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