Upgrade priority at the gate
Feb 6, 2012 | 5:07 am
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I think international connections also play a role, even though it doesn't seem to be working in my favor right now.
Currently at YYZ hoping to clear the upgrade on my last segment of FRA-YYZ-LAX. It's not looking good as J=2, and apparently there are lots of other SEs ahead of me. I couldn't check in early because I was in flight from FRA-YYZ yesterday.
Currently at YYZ hoping to clear the upgrade on my last segment of FRA-YYZ-LAX. It's not looking good as J=2, and apparently there are lots of other SEs ahead of me. I couldn't check in early because I was in flight from FRA-YYZ yesterday.
Feb 6, 2012 | 5:39 am
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I think international connections also play a role, even though it doesn't seem to be working in my favor right now.
Currently at YYZ hoping to clear the upgrade on my last segment of FRA-YYZ-LAX. It's not looking good as J=2, and apparently there are lots of other SEs ahead of me. I couldn't check in early because I was in flight from FRA-YYZ yesterday.
Currently at YYZ hoping to clear the upgrade on my last segment of FRA-YYZ-LAX. It's not looking good as J=2, and apparently there are lots of other SEs ahead of me. I couldn't check in early because I was in flight from FRA-YYZ yesterday.
Feb 6, 2012 | 5:44 am
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Feb 6, 2012 | 9:03 am
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Originally Posted by g46r:17959371
Disregarding LMU issue. For R0 flights with available J seats (at check-in time), is the priority still status, followed by booking class, and followed by check-in time?
I thought that was done away with when they switched to eUpgrades and transfer the waitlist.
Feb 6, 2012 | 10:22 am
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That's also what I thought and there is another thread all about how doing OLCI before an upgrade clears may get you caught in the glitch wherein R>0 without your upgrade clearing.
Feb 6, 2012 | 10:45 am
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This has been asked many times before but never officially answered. Maybe ACTT can answer this. I usually check in early just to avoid any surprises if I am still waitlisted.
Feb 6, 2012 | 11:17 am
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It would seem that you don't necessarily need to do OLCI to be caught by the "glitch."
Feb 6, 2012 | 12:37 pm
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I just got the last J seat on AC 25 today. I had a tight connection and got to the gate about 50 minutes before the flight. The gate agent said to me quietly "it's hockey day. There's one seat left and we picked you.
The flight was J1 R0 this morning. I am on booking class W.
Thank you FT for all that I have learned from here the last year and half.
The flight was J1 R0 this morning. I am on booking class W.
Thank you FT for all that I have learned from here the last year and half.
Feb 6, 2012 | 3:03 pm
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Regarding the R>0 glitch. It has nothing to do with whether or not you've checked in or not. Within 24 hours it will never hand over the inventory. Happened to me again on Friday, but I was able to remove and re-add myself to grab the seat online.
I mentioned to the concierge and asked if they were ever going to fix and she said that it will only get fixed if the SEs complain.
Feb 6, 2012 | 3:33 pm
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I realize there are other long threads somewhere on this but could you please summarize the issue here (ie you mention the handing over of inventory)? I am wondering what I am doing wrong as seem to be missing a lot of upgrades recently on T+ fares with a lot of J seats available. If there are no R seats available at T-7days, any advice to make sure I am near the front of the que for at the gate upgrades? Are upgrades sometimes done during OLCI (other than LMU)?
Feb 6, 2012 | 3:43 pm
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I realize there are other long threads somewhere on this but could you please summarize the issue here (ie you mention the handing over of inventory)? I am wondering what I am doing wrong as seem to be missing a lot of upgrades recently on T+ fares with a lot of J seats available. If there are no R seats available at T-7days, any advice to make sure I am near the front of the que for at the gate upgrades? Are upgrades sometimes done during OLCI (other than LMU)?
