AC868 Sep 30
 

I'm on an Aeroplan reward ticketed in D and confirmed in W. Currently showing J3 C0, what do you think my chances of "upgrading" are? Any tips?

This'll (possibly) be my first time in AC international J.. looking forward to it.

Not quite following...D class is the Aeroplan Executive Class. W, as per my understanding, is the Economy class. ...You are ticketed in D? Then..you don't need to upgrade, as you are already there. Confirmed in W? Then not possible to upgrade, as no upgrading from Aeroplan fares.

It's an exec class reward ticket, but at the time of booking no exec seats were available, so I was told I'd be able to see if anything was available on the day of the flight at the airport.

Without mentioning your status it's hard to say now what chances you'll have.

Previously you would have been at the top of the standby upgrade list, however now it appears the list is sorted by status.

Just basic, unfortunately.

I will hazard a guess and say "don't get your hopes up".

Considering it's J3 and AC doesn't oversell the premium cabin, there are only 3 seats left in total. Considering you're basic, all status member upgrades will be ahead of you. (This is how it's understood the standby list now works, it's never really been confirmed)

I always thought a confrimed W (D ticketed) gets first priority for a J seat, even before status passengers trying to upgrade.

That's how it used to be done. Many have experienced that to not be the case any longer. There is a lengthy thread on this site, but the search keeps timing out on me.

Well said. There was a thread on this back in April. I think this may be the one you're thinking of?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=546685

This is how it should be IMO. It should be treated as paid J. Nobody at AC has confirmed anything, but they used to tell us how the list was played out. I think that for the AP award ticketed in D, but confirmed in W, AC should make the upgrade priority in this situation publically available. For agents to be telling pax they will be high on the list, only for pax to be disapointed is a real let down.

AC wants the money and they dont get it from AP....... for that W ticket.... so AC wants to take care of ITS status passengers first.

Thanks for the link.. I had remembered something like that but the search wasn't working for me. I'll keep my hopes down.

If you are flying on a 763, its possible that an additional five seats will open up closer to departure, as the flight may move from a 25J to 30J aircraft type. I'm not sure, but I don't think that AC sells more than 25J seats on the 763 to avoid involuntarily downgrading anyone.