<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by indufan:
I know FL is a tough upgrade market but once you get to ATL that all evens out. </font>
It seems like it should even out, but I am in coach often from ATL-MSP, ATL-PHL, ATL-IAD. Just look at the seat map for MSP-ATL 2145 at 5:21pm for March 11. I have a middle seat on this flight as of now in K class. I don't expect the upgrade to clear on this flight as it hasn't in the past, but I should be able to get better than a middle seat if I get to the airport early.
I fly Mondays mid morning and Thurdays evenings when flights are packed with business travellers. If I waited until Friday morning and took the 5:30 am MSP-ATL I would be able to upgrade, but getting home on Thursday evening is more important to me than getting upgraded.