Pardon my ignorance on this issue, but it is relevant to my wife's newly earned status as a Gold member, but would not your calling the O/P Elite line "fix" matters if you are skipped by the EUA?

After all, the rules booklet for the Elite flyer indicates that if a seat is un-filled, a O/P elite will be upgraded, apparently, regardless of fare basis. At least that is what I thought it said.

Moreover, I do not contend that every bad outcome can be remedied by some form of litigation, but if CO advertised, and continues to advertise, that upgrades will be provided to those in a certain category regardless of the fare tix they had purchased, and then fails to honor that commitment, it seems to me that a potential class action may be plausible, as I would think that there are a large number of those who have attained at least some Elite status.

Just my 2 cents.


My wife usually travels on full fare Y class, and therefore, she can immediately have her seat upgraded to First Class per the O/P rules.