Originally Posted by Derrico
When I did a search it seemed that people were pretty dismissive of the mileage upgrades, and some even suggested that I would lose my EUA shot? Someone also said that CO will take your miles, not give you an upgrade, and will not return the miles?? That makes no sense to me.
*paging
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Originally Posted by Derrico
I am thinking I had better focus on my happy place for that 6.25 hour flight, but anyone have any advice? Is their anything I can actively do to improve my chances?
EWR-PDX flights have been good to me in the past -- but that's really not saying much. If you're a Plat then I'd remove myself from the WL at the 5/6 day EUA mark as CO has never (to the best of my knowledge) confirmed a mileage upgrade for myself within the EUA window. However, others may hold different opinions. As always, checking in early can help as well as your fare class too (the higher the better).
If you do stay on the WL, and fail to clear, be sure to keep a copy of your BP as OP will likely want proof you really did find that "happy-place" in Y.
Yet, as I mentioned before, don't give up on CO for that route. You're flying in on a business travel day (Sunday) so CO probably anticipates selling a few of the seats for revenue. In my PDX transcon past I've often cleared the list at the gate, so keep a smile on your face and your fingers crossed. Who knows, maybe they'll rotate in a 738 mid lav and suddenly you'll have 4 more FC seats that need assigning!