eUps pre-airport for regulars since Amadeus
 

Since Amadeus; has anyone had experience with eUps clearing 'automatically' before the 24 hour before departure mark?

I don't mean an SE who contacted a Concierge and suddenly 'poof' R space shows up.

I'm looking for evidence of a systematic pre-clearing of eUps that would have most likely been pushed to to the airport for clearing at check in prior to Amadeus switch.

I've had waitlisted upgrades clear a few days out when a flight was J2 or J3 in the past, so I'm not sure you'll be able to figure out whether cleared upgrades are behaving differently than before.

All I can say is that if they are not allowing SDC even for JCZ tickets then that removes one of the big reasons not to pre-clear eUps. The other being last minute purchase.

Just my experience, I had an eUp clear 7 days out that in past experience wouldn’t have cleared until the gate. This is just a data point, and it may have very well cleared in advance regardless, but like I said, in the past I wouldn’t have expected it to.

I flew 889 LHR-YOW on the 21st. J was wide open even showing R space and my two-week old upgrade request did not clear until the flight was closed. I tried emailing a concierge, asking at check-in and again at the lounge. All told me the Amadeus cut-over was temporarily preventing them from clearing the upgrade.
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Do you mean your upgrade cleared at the checkin close? Ie at T-40 minutes

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Thanks. One can always hope.

First 'real' opportunity to use eUps this year. Then get the email saying at airport upgrades wont work. Have O class, now 4 days before departure J9-C9-D4-Z4-P0-R0. Not SE, so no access to concierge.

I'm trying to ascertain how true this statement is, and in the meantime channelling my inner Lloyd Christmas...

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I'm sorry to hear about unfortunate family circumstances. Puts a lot of this into perspective.

This isn't even First World Problems, its closer to 1% problems (OK, maybe 3%?). All in all, DXB-YYZ in PY isn't too bad.

Yes. But not before, despite positive R space.

Checked into the flight 24 hours before the flight. Shows 27/29 booked #2 on the waitlist. Sitting in PY, O class; E75K. On the standby page, PY shows as full. #2 on the list, according to the app.

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3 hours later, here is the waitlist. 2 people have cleared, who were not on the waitlist earlier. Still 27/29 booked. PY still full for standby. Only other option is SE in Y get upgraded before E75 inO, but they weren’t on the list before and still showing 27/29 booked so where did the J space come from? Anyone have any ideas how these people got their upgrade or is something rotten in Denmark?

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...8712557d90.png

Speculating here:
1. They bid for an upgrade.
2. I have no better idea.
3. Since you are still #2 on the list, does it matter? Or is this intellectual curiosity?
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Had they bid, would they appear on the upgrade list? Anyone have data on that?

Still 27/29 booked, so where did the 2 spots come from?

Just curious.

Not sure. When my upgrades haven't cleared, I tend to check the lists very frequently. I see some things which I don't understand such as the same names appearing under Business and PY upgrade lists. I may have read here that it can happen if someone misconnects and is waiting on the next flight. But from DXB?
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