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cinycat Oct 3, 2010 12:02 pm
Possibility of Upgrade
 
Hi everyone, perhaps someone can help me. I'm an Elite travelling on October 7th YVR-YUL-GVA. I phoned in for the upgrade early this AM (yes I stayed up to do it) and was put on a waiting list. Initially, yesterday, it appeared that there were no Business seats on AC 194, however this AM some appear to have opened up.

Is there someone who can tell me what they think my chances of being upgraded are? I'm going AC 194 from YVR to YUL and then AC 830 YUL - GVA.

Thanks

flyboy99 Oct 3, 2010 12:25 pm
AC194 YVR 11:15 YUL 18:56 321
R0 Y9 B9 M9 U9 H9 Q9 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 N0 G0 P0 E0 A0 J4 C4 D1 Z0

-> AC830 YUL 20:45 GVA 10:00 763
R0 Y9 B9 M9 U0 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T0 L1 K0 J7 C6 D2 Z0


Your chances on YUL-GVA might be better than YVR-YUL. Still J and C fares on both AC194 and AC830.

YQMer Oct 3, 2010 12:27 pm
Currently showing J=4 for AC194 and J=7 for AC830.

IMO you still have a reasonable chance, but really depends on whether there are many SEs on the waitlists.

DaveTO Oct 3, 2010 4:44 pm
The upside is that it looks like TATL flight is pretty empty in the back, so even if you don't get an upgrade, it looks like you might get a whole row or at least a free seat next to you...

global happy traveller Oct 3, 2010 6:14 pm
Originally Posted by YQMer (Post 14878852)
Currently showing J=4 for AC194 and J=7 for AC830.

IMO you still have a reasonable chance, but really depends on whether there are many SEs on the waitlists.
or number of upgradable Es with a higher booking class ahead of you

YQMer Oct 4, 2010 2:04 pm
Originally Posted by global_happy_traveller (Post 14880191)
or number of upgradable Es with a higher booking class ahead of you
Yes, I stand corrected. Unless you get upgraded on the first leg, in which case I believe you have priority over all other Es regardless of booking class.

cinycat Oct 6, 2010 6:55 pm
Success
 
Just thought I'd let you all know. I was upgraded either yesterday or the day before (leave tomorrow). Of course, they didn't let me know. I went online to check availability of J and noticed that they had given away my Economy seat. My TA told me today that they had upgraded me. So, the moral of this story is a) stay up till midnight so that you can be early to call them (if you're Elite) and b) don't give up hope. At one point, they had no J seats even for revenue passengers.

contikipaul Oct 6, 2010 7:23 pm
Originally Posted by cinycat (Post 14900433)
Just thought I'd let you all know. I was upgraded either yesterday or the day before (leave tomorrow). Of course, they didn't let me know. I went online to check availability of J and noticed that they had given away my Economy seat. My TA told me today that they had upgraded me. So, the moral of this story is a) stay up till midnight so that you can be early to call them (if you're Elite) and b) don't give up hope. At one point, they had no J seats even for revenue passengers.

They rarely know themselves. Most of the time the seasoned passengers know the system better than they do. Problem is, the training the average phone person gets is 5 days and they are then pushed on the phones.


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