Originally Posted by
tev9999
I did OLCI Saturday for a Sunday flight, about 22 hours out. The flight was showing P1F1. Answered Yes to the "do you want to upgrade" question, but did not get it, so I aborted check in. Tried again Sunday about seven hours out and this time got the upgrade.
I did not think to look at my reservation to see if EUA had moved me before the second OLCI, or if it happend when I hit the Yes button.
I recall a previous trip where I did look at my reservation after an aborted OLCI. My seat assignment was gone (lost exit row
) so I clicked through to change my seat and up popped a map of the F cabin
. In this case the computer moved me sometime between the aborted OLCI and my look the next day.
Did the same thing for today's 6:30am CT flight. 23:59 hours did OLCI but exited after "do you want to upgrade" question. Checked seat assignment over next 22 hours and never saw myself and the wife upgraded. Just before leaving the house this morning, checked again at 4:15am. Still in coach. Fare class was showing P8F8. Decided to try OLCI again. Got the "do you want to upgrade" question and then saw the seating chart had us upgraded for MSP-SLC leg, but not MKE-MSP. Completed OLCI and then checked fare class; now showing P8F6 for the MSP-SLC leg.
Based on the above it appears OLCI released the first class seats, not EUA. We probably would have been upgraded earlier in the week via EUA if these had been paid tickets, but traveling on award tickets we fell into the 1 day prior window for upgrades. Not sure why EUA didn't process the upgrade. If EUA runs only once a day between 6 - 7 CT, maybe our flight fell into the gap of processing 1 day out?