Originally Posted by slippahs
My miles have varied. As a Gold, I've noticed a considerable increase (knock on wood) in the upgrades on these "trans-con" flights. Not necessarily in/out of PDX/SEA, but so long as I avoid traveling on the peak elite traveling times, I can be assured an upgrade 75% of the time thru LAX/SFO. ^
Agreed. As a silver, my wife and I were upgraded less than 25% of the time. Since we've been gold, we're at about 90%. We usually depart on a weekend redeye and return on late Monday or Tuesday.