AC eUpgrade BS
 

Hello fellow FTers,

I have finally gotten proof that AC is telling us a load of BS about eUpgrades.

During OLCI, my coworker (no status) gets LMU option, with R0, while my eUpgrade hasn't cleared yet.

SO DISAPPOINTED AC!

keep screendumps/proofs and post it on FT/email to AC

I believe this is the second report of this happening recently of FT. Can't find the other thread at the moment but it was within the last 2 weeks. Very Disappointing!! I guess this the 2012 Enhancement:td:

Here's a related thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...ay-around.html

I just took screenshots. How do I post this without too much time researching the topic?

Saw this, but that flight had R>0. This flight is J9R0.

As they say, a picture is worth a 1000 words. The LMU total is for 2 passengers (coworker and wife), so at least 2 passengers can get upgraded using LMU, but an AC E can't get cleared for eUpgrade. Nice work!

Do LMU's come out of the R stock or the J stock?

I'd love for Andrew to comment on this now. Everyone had the understanding that they come out of R stock, at least until all the eUpgrades are supposed to have cleared.

Apparently neither. Or put it this way if J=0 there won't be an LMU but a J of 1 or more does not give any indication of whether an LMU will be offered.

As far as R goes it appears that there is no relation either. Case in point, my flight this morning showed R=3 and when I went through the OLCI process LMU was not offered.

AClover

First off, there are over a dozen open seats on this flight. Secondly, how many people sitting in the back are really going to pay $900+ for a breakfast or lunch in a pod? That's 4-1/2 times what they'd paid for their Tango or T+ fare. Unless there are a dozen SEs and Es on this flight (highly unlikely on a Saturday), the upgrade will go through at the airport.

Under the circumstances, AC will try to bleed every nickel it can from open J seats before giving more away, but there will be few takers. If your upgrade does not go through tomorrow, then I would certainly feel you have grounds to complain, but on the other hand AC will have earned another $11K by selling these J seats (again highly unlikely).

SH,

You are confusing the issue (with musings about pricing and value). Please don't. Leave this as the simple question posed by djjaguar64.

If you had read more carefully you would've noticed that the 900 bucks is for 2 passengers. For about 450 a pop, I might have done so without status.

I too would be very interested in an honest answer from AC on what type of circumstances might lead to this increasingly common situation.