Using E-upgrades at the gate?
Mar 16, 2016 | 10:14 pm
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Using E-upgrades at the gate?
Flying Yvr to Yyz in a week and the flight is not fully sold out in economy but probably has approx 25 seats left on the 777. Business class is almost empty approx 20 seats open.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
Mar 16, 2016 | 10:16 pm
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Flying Yvr to Yyz in a week and the flight is not fully sold out in economy but probably has approx 25 seats left on the 777. Business class is almost empty approx 20 seats open.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
...I say, having never tried to do either of those.
Mar 16, 2016 | 10:26 pm
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Flying Yvr to Yyz in a week and the flight is not fully sold out in economy but probably has approx 25 seats left on the 777. Business class is almost empty approx 20 seats open.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
Mar 16, 2016 | 10:34 pm
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Mar 16, 2016 | 11:46 pm
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CC is correct of course. It's absolutely possible.
However, OP, your scheme falls apart because of the number of eUp requests filed by the huddled masses in the back of a tripple seven YVR to YYZ. Those will all clear first, and there will be a lot of them.
I'd practice the technique on your short haul flights and sacrifice the credits on this one.
If you risk it, let us know how it goes.
However, OP, your scheme falls apart because of the number of eUp requests filed by the huddled masses in the back of a tripple seven YVR to YYZ. Those will all clear first, and there will be a lot of them.
I'd practice the technique on your short haul flights and sacrifice the credits on this one.
If you risk it, let us know how it goes.
Mar 17, 2016 | 1:28 pm
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seeing as the upgrade requirement was just lowered it will only cost me 4 e ups to upgrade yvr to yyz on the 777... a no brainer : )
Mar 17, 2016 | 9:25 pm
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Flying Yvr to Yyz in a week and the flight is not fully sold out in economy but probably has approx 25 seats left on the 777. Business class is almost empty approx 20 seats open.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
Would I be able to wait until the gate to see if they upgrade me without using e ups and if they don't go to the gate and ask to use my e ups? I am super elite.
At most all you can know is that there are 9Y and 9J seats left.
Mar 17, 2016 | 10:26 pm
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You can't go by that at all, there are many reasons why the seat map is not correct. Just because it shows 20 empty seats it does not mean there are 20 seats for sale. There could be 20 empty seats but only 1 left for sale.
Mar 18, 2016 | 2:48 am
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Is one also at the mercy of how lazy the gate agent is?
Everything is a function of how lazy the AC staff is. After 2 million miles on AC metal and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, they still barely lift a finger... But I guess after all those coffee breaks and eating donuts, those chubby fingers become difficult to lift.
Everything is a function of how lazy the AC staff is. After 2 million miles on AC metal and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, they still barely lift a finger... But I guess after all those coffee breaks and eating donuts, those chubby fingers become difficult to lift.
Mar 18, 2016 | 10:49 am
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Is one also at the mercy of how lazy the gate agent is?
Everything is a function of how lazy the AC staff is. After 2 million miles on AC metal and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, they still barely lift a finger... But I guess after all those coffee breaks and eating donuts, those chubby fingers become difficult to lift.
Everything is a function of how lazy the AC staff is. After 2 million miles on AC metal and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, they still barely lift a finger... But I guess after all those coffee breaks and eating donuts, those chubby fingers become difficult to lift.
I recently tried to upgrade someone else, at the gate, after boarding had begun, and had no pushback.
Mar 19, 2016 | 3:17 am
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You have the magic touch, sir. Kudos. Maybe there is a comment about me in the system that says yyznomad sucks even though he spends a whackload on AC.
Mar 19, 2016 | 6:53 am
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I may have a magic touch as well. Have had great success with upgrades at gate as well as changing flights on flex tickets without the change fee.
You sound very disgruntled with AC yet continue to "spends a whackload on AC" as well as fly them weekly if not daily.
Mar 19, 2016 | 9:24 am
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