<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by indufan:
Was this the cause of your home airport or LUT fares? I just don't understand how some PMs can get 0% upgrades while I approach 100%.
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This was back in 1998/99 and the answer is both. The L fares, which I got whenever possible were about 50% of my travel. My home airport (VPS) at that time only had ASA ATRs and EMB-120s to ATL, which would often cancel or be so late that I'd miss my upgraded connection in Atlanta and wind up in a middle seat in the back of the plane if I was lucky.
Overall, I probably got upgraded about 20% of the time.
The reliability of NW's DC-9s connecting through the far more reliable Memphis airport also took a lot of the "stress factor" out of flying every week.
Sorry to be somewhat off-topic, just trying to answer a question.
<<Edited to add: I did not count the ATR/EMB portions in the percentages, just the outbound or inbound ATL-wherever/wherever-ATL portion of the trip where I *could* have upgraded and did or didn't get it.>>
[This message has been edited by hnechets (edited Mar 01, 2004).]