Originally Posted by
oresh
Don't worry. You will not be upgraded on the transcon flights anyway
and who cares about being upgraded on the short haul ones?
Apparently you can have much greater upgrade success flying transcon on DL as a Gold than you can on CO. I take it they don't offer Y-up, low Z-fares, and other incentives to fill the front cabin with revenue well before the flight. I got upgraded on SEA-EWR-SEA 3 times this year (as a silver) in 16 tries. Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Eve.
Originally Posted by
FlyingHoustonian
Or just ask DL to match you. I did last week and I mailed in my info and was told no problem.
I did, and they did! So I am DL Gold now, which helps on my DL segments...but DL doesn't help me much while I am still SEA-based. It will matter more once I move. If I can use my hard-earned CO to get me upgrades for the next 6 weeks (I have 12000 miles before the end of this month...geez) until I move, great.
I am trying it right now on an NL itin. I have a B-fare this sunday for SEA-MSP-YYZ, which should put me high up the list for upgrades. If I get one, I'll switch back to my SkyMiles # and see if they take it away from me. I'll report back here with the results.