Originally Posted by hawkeye87
I was wondering what luck anyone was having upgrading to/from MSP DTW? I fly this route r/t every week and only get a rare bump up. The flights are generally packed so I guess there are plenty of Plat. and Gold (my level). Would calling the WP elite line help? I now just wait to see if I clear automatically. Looking for any suggestions (besides buying a Y tick).
Can you change your flight times? I UGd a couple times last year as a Silver; both were mid-day flights on 757s. Some combination of the time of day and/or the good ratio of F/Y seats on the 757 seemed to help (one flight was also on a $1600 B fare ticket, which may also have helped).