Originally Posted by exerda
Although I frequently don't get the SMS messages for anything but "Flight xxxx leaves on time from gate xx," they do seem to occasionally trickle in for cancellations, upgrades, etc. Usually, I find a call to HAL discovers whether the u/g has cleared or not much more reliably than EasyUpdate

Hear hear.
I don't use SMS, but I agree that EasyUpdate sucks. I usually get notified of ANY change about 33% of the time, if I'm lucky. Sometimes I get an email, sometimes a voicemail, sometimes both. Most of the time, I find out upgrades and itinerary changes when I login to My Itineraries without EasyUpdate ever calling.